Metalwork From The Hellenized East: Catalogue Of The Collections. The J. Paul Getty Museum

This heavily illustrated catalogue is devoted to the Getty Museum’s collection of silver and gold from the Hellenized East—one of the largest yet assembled. Among the objects included are rhyta, bowls, cups, jewelry, and decorative gold and silver ornaments for horse bridles and clothing. In an extensive introduction, the author dates the various groups of objects and places them within a wider cultural and archaeological context, providing a detailed stylistic analysis of the ornamental motifs of many pieces. Of particular importance is the inclusion of illustrations of some fifty little-known comparative objects as well as extensive bibliographic references. Cover 1 CONTENTS 6 FOREWORD 8 PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 10 ABBREVIATIONS 12 SELEUCIDS, PARTHIANS, KUSHANS, AND THE GETTY SILVER 14 TREASURE I 18 ORNAMENTAL HORSE TRAPPINGS 18 SILVER BUST OF A WOMAN 33 DECORATED VESSELS 34 UNDECORATED VESSELS 56 JEWELRY 57 TREASURE I: SUMMARY 58 TREASURES II AND III 60 LION RHYTON AND RELATED RHYTA 60 OTHER VESSELS IN TREASURE II 63 TREASURE II: SUMMARY 64 NET PATTERN BOWL 64 TREASURE IV 67 LEAF CALYX CUP 67 LEAF CALYX BOWL 68 HEMISPHERICAL CUP, KETTLE, AND SHALLOW BOWL 70 GOLD CUP 71 INDO-SCYTHIAN JEWELRY 71 CAMEL RIDER 76 BLOSSOM 76 HARNESS ORNAMENTS 76 TREASURE IV: SUMMARY 77 MEDALLION BOWL WITH DIONYSOS AND ARIADNE 77 BULL'S HEAD CUP 79 NOTES 82 CATALOGUE 114 NOTE TO THE READER 114 COLOR PLATES 115 TREASURE I 123 TREASURE II 191 TREASURE III 199 RELATED RHYTA WITHOUT CONTEXTS 203 TREASURE IV 207 BOWL 231 CUP 233 PROFILES 236 INDEX 248 A 248 B 248 C 249 D 249 E 249 F 249 G 249 H 249 I 250 K 250 L 250 M 251 N 251 O 252 P 252 R 253 S 253 T 255 V 256 W 256 Y 256 Z 256 CHART OF FLOWER TYPES 257
This lavishly illustrated catalogue is devoted to the Museum's collection of silver and gold from the Hellenized Near East--one of the largest yet assembled. Among the objects included are rhyta, bowls, cups, jewelry, and decorative gold and silver ornaments for horse bridles and clothing. In an extensive introduction, the author dates the various groups of objects and places them within a wider cultural and archaeological context, providing a detailed stylistic analysis of the ornamental motifs of many pieces. Of particular importance is the inclusion of illustrations of some fifty little-known comparative objects as well as extensive bibliographic references.