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ID: 700006911
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006911
Record Type: Movable Work
One Skyphos (skyphos; Unknown Greek (Hellenistic) (Greek (Hellenistic) Artist); 100 - 50 BCE; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 96.AM.162.7)
Note: One of a pair of skyphoi. The handles, designed to be held with the thumb, forefinger and middle finger have a horizontal, flaring plate on top with tight curlicues at the rim attachment. The lower attachments have elaborate cut-out designs featuring scrollwork and an ivy leaf. The rings have small, leaflike knobs on the outer face. The exterior profile of the skyphos is slightly incurving. Location Creation: Eastern Mediterranean.
Titles:
One Skyphos (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)
One Skyphoi (C,U,English,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
skyphos [300265001] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by function or context>, culinary containers, <containers for serving and consuming food>, <vessels for serving and consuming food>, drinking vessels)

Classifications:
vessels / containers (preferred)

Creation Date: 100 - 50 BCE

Creator Display:
Unknown Greek (Hellenistic) (Greek (Hellenistic) Artist) [preferred,JPGM]
unknown Hellenistic (Hellenistic cultural designation) [500125239]
Locations:
Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500125181] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Repository Numbers: 96.AM.162.7
Credit Line: Gift of Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman
Other: Creation: Mediterranean Region [7018452] Turkey (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Display Materials: Silver
silver (metal) [300011029]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <silver| silver compounds| alloys>)

Dimensions: Object: H: 8.5 x W (with handles): 20.2 cm, Weight: 0.578 kg (3 3/8 x 7 15/16 in., 1.2743 lb.); Object (bowl): Diam.: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.); Object (foot): Diam.: 9.4 cm (3 11/16 in.)
Cultures:
Hellenistic (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:
Hellenistic [300020101] (preferred,style)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Aegean, Aegean periods, Ancient Greek (culture or style))

General Subject:
utilitarian objects (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
scrollwork [300010205]
.....(Physical Attributes Facet, Design Elements (hierarchy name), design elements (attributes), patterns (design elements), <patterns by specific type>) (AAT)
ivy (genus) [300311375]
.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Plantae (kingdom), Angiospermae (division), Eudicots (clade), Asterids (clade), Apiales (order), Araliaceae (family)) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works
Sources and Contributors:
One Skyphos........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
One Skyphoi........ [JPGM]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
Note:
English ..... [JPGM,VP]
..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
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