雷顿以一头有角的狮子结尾 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	雷顿以一头有角的狮子结尾
品名（英）	Rhyton terminating in a horned lion
入馆年号	1981年，1981.133
策展部门	古代近东艺术（Ancient Near Eastern Art）
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创作年份	公元前 400 - 公元前 200
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尺寸	高: 12.00 英寸 (30.48 厘米); Diameter of rim: 5.00 英寸 (12.70 厘米); 高 of protome: 5.50 英寸 (13.97 厘米); 宽 at paws: 2.91 英寸 (7.40 厘米)
介绍（中）	这种陶瓷器皿被学者称为"rhyton"（来自希腊语，意思是"流过"），因为它的底部有一个喷口。像许多押韵一样，它由一个角形烧杯和一个空心雕塑元素组成，在这种情况下，它的形式是有翼狮子的前部，角现在缺失了。狮子的腿伸展着——包括它的后腿，在烧杯的侧面有浅浮雕——暗示着这个生物正在奔跑或跳跃。喷口在狮子的胸膛里。烧杯和雕塑元素分别由深灰色粘土制成。最初是涂漆的，但现在唯一保存的颜色是在嘴里，被涂成红色。 Rhyta起源于阿契美尼德波斯帝国，结合了古老的近东动物头烧杯传统和伊朗动物形状容器的传统。它们被用于皇家宴会，波斯国王在那里展示他的财富和权力，并且能够熟练地从押韵中喝酒，标志着一个人被邀请参加此类宴会的精英成员。因此，Rhyta是高地位的象征，这反过来又激发了用较便宜的材料（如粘土）创造仿制品。
介绍（英）	This ceramic vessel is called a ‘rhyton’ (from the Greek rheo, meaning ‘flow through’) by scholars because it has a spout at the bottom. Like many rhyta, it consists of a horn-shaped beaker and a hollow sculptural element, in this case in the form of the foreparts of a winged lion with horns that are now missing. The lion’s legs are outstretched – including its hind legs with are depicting in shallow relief on the sides of the beaker – suggesting that the creature is running or leaping. The spout is in the lion’s chest. The beaker and the sculptural element were made separately of a dark grey clay. Originally it was painted, but now the only preserved color is inside the mouth, which is painted red. Rhyta originated in the Achaemenid Persian Empire, combining the older Near Eastern traditions of animal-headed beakers and Iranian traditions of animal-shaped vessels. They were used at royal banquets, where the Persian king displayed his wealth and power, and the ability to drink skillfully from a rhyton marked one as a member of the elite who were invited to such banquets. Rhyta were thus symbols of high status, and this in turn inspired the creation of imitations in less expensive materials, such as clay.