钻头凸台 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	钻头凸台
品名（英）	Bit Boss
入馆年号	1942年，42.50.163
策展部门	武器和盔甲（Arms and Armor）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1550 - 公元 1600
创作地区	原产国: 德国, 可能是奥格斯堡（Country of Origin: Germany, Probably Augsburg）
分类	马术器械钻头（Equestrian Equipment-Bits）
尺寸	直径 2 5/8 英寸 (6.7 厘米); 重 2.4 盎司 (67 g)
介绍（中）	这个小头目的核心部分装饰着骑兵和步兵之间的罗马战斗，以及一个与两只狮子摔跤的裸体男人。在他们上方，一个灿烂的太阳出现在云层中。它被铸造成青铜和镀金，一些细节是通过追逐添加的，比如马大衣上的毛发或斑点背景。该作品可能基于青铜牌匾《猎狮》，由Moderno（Galeazzo Mondella）制作，约1500年（见18.70.5）。德国青铜创始人经常使用意大利奖章或牌匾作为他们作品的模型，包括老板，比如这个装饰马头侧面的老板。他们还为火药瓶、法杖武器甚至手枪生产了类似的装饰元素。这种狮子狩猎类型是最受欢迎的设计之一，可以与不同类型的轮辋组合（另见42.50.180和42.50.178）。
介绍（英）	The central part of this bit boss is adorned with a Roman battle among horsemen and foot soldiers, as well as a nude man wrestling with two lions. Above them, a sun in splendor appears among the clouds. It has been cast in bronze and gilded, some details having being added by chasing, like the hairs on the horses' coats or the stippled backgrounds. The composition is probably based on a bronze plaquette, The Lion Hunt, made by Moderno (Galeazzo Mondella), ca. 1500 (see 18.70.5). German bronze founders would regularly use Italian medals or plaquettes as models for their works, including bosses, like this one, which decorated the sides of horse bits. They also produced similar decorative elements for powder flasks, staff weapons or even pistols. This Lion Hunt type was among the most popular designs, and could be combined with different types of rims (see also 42.50.180 and 42.50.178).