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品名（中）	脚踏船
品名（英）	Footed Vessel
入馆年号	1989年，1989.314.25
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 1300 - 公元 1500
创作地区	墨西哥（Mexico）
分类	石头容器（Stone-Containers）
尺寸	高 4 7/8 × 直径 4 1/4 英寸 (12.4 × 10.8 厘米)
介绍（中）	这件器皿由半透明的石头雕刻而成，在墨西哥通常被称为tecali。该石以普埃布拉南部的Tecali de Herrera镇命名，那里已知资源丰富，在瓦哈卡州中部和玛雅南部低地也有发现。特卡利通常被称为墨西哥缟玛瑙;然而，它不是玛瑙，而是一种方解石，一种柔软的石头，外观类似于雪花石膏。它是整个古代中美洲的宝贵材料，许多仪式和奢侈品都是用它制成的。在特奥蒂瓦坎，面具、雕像和各种形状的器皿都是用特卡利制造的。在征服前的最后几个世纪，中美洲的许多地方都雕刻了雕像器皿，通常尺寸很大，形状为神灵和动物，如猴子或土狼。在乌斯马尔和奇琴伊察的祭品中发现了与这个例子相似的形状的优雅脚器，墙壁略微呈喇叭形，唇部精致，特诺奇蒂特兰的神庙市长也出现了陶瓷的例子。为了掏空石器容器，使用了竹钻。表面经过平滑和抛光以去除钻痕 - 在许多示例中仍然可见。由于石头的柔软度，它不需要高而持久的光泽。它的半透明性和脉络颜色从白色到许多深浅不一的棕色不等。它们具有相当大的视觉吸引力。
介绍（英）	This vessel is carved from a translucent stone, commonly known in Mexico as tecali. Named for the town of Tecali de Herrera in southern Puebla where abundant sources are known, the stone is also found in central Oaxaca and in the southern Maya lowlands. Tecali is often referred to as Mexican onyx; it is, however, not agate but a calcite, a soft stone, similar in appearance to alabaster. It was a valued material throughout ancient Mesoamerica and many ritual and luxury items were made from it. At Teotihuacan, masks, statuary, and vessels of various shapes are fabricated from tecali. During the last centuries before the conquest, effigy vessels, often of substantial size, in the shape of deities and animals such as monkeys or coyotes, were carved from it in many parts of Mesoamerica. Elegant footed vessels of a shape similar to this example with slightly flared walls with a delicate lip were found in offerings at Uxmal and Chichén Itzá, and from the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan have come examples in ceramic. To hollow out the stone containers, bamboo drills were used. The surface was smoothed and polished to remove the drill marks—still visible on many examples. Because of the softness of the stone, it does not take a high, lasting gloss. Its translucency and veining range in color from white to many shades of brown. They lend considerable visual appeal.