带日期铭文的三脚架船 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	带日期铭文的三脚架船
品名（英）	Tripod Vessel with Date Glyph
入馆年号	1979年，1979.206.360
策展部门	迈克尔·洛克菲勒之翼（The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1400 - 公元 1550
创作地区	墨西哥（Mexico）
分类	陶瓷容器（Ceramics-Containers）
尺寸	高 14 1/8 × 宽 16 × 深 16 英寸 (35.9 × 40.6 × 40.6 厘米)
介绍（中）	这个巨大容器的沙漏形状让人想起了与阿兹特克首都特诺奇蒂特兰的宗教建筑密切相关的仪式火盆的形式。这艘厚壁重船由三个中空的球形脚支撑，脚上有拍板，当船移动时，拍板会发出声音。船的中间被一条宽带子围绕着，带子上装饰着用圆圈框起来的互锁卷轴。正面是一个包含日期铭文"4 Reed"的卡通图案，可能指的是公元1431年，在这一年，特诺奇蒂特兰主寺第三次扩建得到了庆祝。带子和卡通花纹是在模具中制作的，有多个接缝证明了这一点，并且具有天然粘土色，容器的其余部分都覆盖在其中，带有红棕色的抛光卡瓦陶瓷火盆，通常带有神的图像，有些高达三英尺，被放置在寺庙外或祭坛前。供奉的人和动物遗骸以及乳胶球的芳香香都在里面燃烧。升起的烟雾被认为是向众神供奉的祭品。
介绍（英）	The hourglass shape of this sizable vessel is reminiscent of the form of ceremonial braziers that were closely linked to the religious architecture in the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan. The thick-walled, heavy vessel is supported by three hollow, bulbous feet containing clappers, which produced sounds when the vessel was moved. The middle of the vessel is encircled by a broad band decorated with interlocked scrolls framed by circles. On the front is a cartouche containing the date glyph "4 Reed," which possibly refers to the year 1431 A.D., during which the third enlargement of the Main Temple at Tenochtitlan was celebrated. The band and cartouche were made in molds, as evidenced by multiple seams, and have the natural clay color in which the rest of the vessel is covered, with reddish-brown burnished slip. Ceramic braziers, often bearing deity images, some reaching three feet in height, were placed outside temples or in front of altars. Offerings of human and animal remains as well as aromatic incense of balls of latex, were burnt in them. The rising smoke was believed to carry the offerings to the gods.