ID: 700007806 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007806	Record Type: Movable Work

Flask (flask (bottle); Unknown Byzantine (Byzantine Artist); perhaps 7th - 9th century; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 2003.471)

Note: A mold-blown flask of light purple glass. The body is decorated with horizontal rows of small indentations. The flask is pear-shaped and the mouth and neck are slightly malformed. Heavy weathering has given the vessel a dark purple, orange, and green iridescence.

Titles:

Flask (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Purple Mold-blown Flask (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

flask (bottle) [300045671] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by form>, vessels (containers), bottles, <bottles by form>)

Classifications:

vessels / containers (preferred)

Creation Date: perhaps 7th - 9th century

Creator Display:

Unknown Byzantine (Byzantine Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

unknown Byzantine (Byzantine cultural designation) [500125223]

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: 2003.471

Other: Creation: Eastern Mediterranean [7593196] (Geographic)

Display Materials: Glass

	glass (material) [300010797]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material)

Dimensions: Object: H: 10 x Diam.: 6 cm (3 15/16 x 2 3/8 in.)

Cultures:

Byzantine (preferred)

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Flask	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Purple Mold-blown Flask	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP,JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)