家具牌匾：切割狮鹫 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	家具牌匾：切割狮鹫
品名（英）	Furniture plaque: incised griffin
入馆年号	1936年，36.152.7
策展部门	古代近东艺术（Ancient Near Eastern Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 1800 - 公元前 1700
创作地区
分类
尺寸	1.61 x 1.04 英寸 (4.09 x 2.64 厘米)
介绍（中）	这块碎片属于一组雕刻象牙，主要是家具元素，可能是在安纳托利亚中部Acemhöyük的一座宫殿遗址发现的。在一小块扁平的象牙上雕刻着一只狮鹫的精致形象，狮鹫是一种神话中的生物，将狮子的身体与猛禽的翅膀和头部结合在一起。钩状的小喙和面部标记表明这只狮鹫有猎鹰的头。它细长的狮子身伸展着前腿，翅膀完全伸展，给人的印象是这种生物蓄势待发。这种类型的狮鹫，脖子上挂着螺旋状的卷发，翅膀伸展，是后期爱琴海艺术的特征，比如克里特岛克诺索斯宫的著名米诺斯壁画，画中狮鹫站在皇家宝座的两侧。这件物品是已知最早的这种狮鹫的复制品，表明该图案是米诺斯工匠在与青铜时代的安纳托利亚接触后采用的。
介绍（英）	This fragment belongs to a group of carved ivories, mostly furniture elements, probably found at the site of a palace at Acemhöyük in central Anatolia. Incised on the small flat piece of ivory is a delicate rendering of a griffin, a mythological creature that combines the body of a lion with the wings and head of a bird of prey. The small hooked beak and facial markings indicate that this griffin has the head of a falcon. Its slender leonine body is seated with front legs extended and wings fully extended, giving the impression that the creature is poised to spring into action. Griffins of this type, with a spiral curl hanging down the neck and extended wings, are characteristic of Aegean art in later periods, such as the famous Minoan wall painting from the palace at Knossos on Crete that shows griffins flanking the royal throne. This object is the earliest known rendering of this type of griffin, suggesting that the motif was adopted by Minoan artisans after contacts with Bronze Age Anatolia.