双格纹青铜滚筒的陶瓷仿制品 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	双格纹青铜滚筒的陶瓷仿制品
品名（英）	Ceramic imitation of bronze roller with two kilted figures
入馆年号	1998年，1998.240
策展部门	古代近东艺术（Ancient Near Eastern Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 2100 - 公元前 1750
创作地区
分类
尺寸	高 8.8 厘米 x 宽 7.5 厘米 x 深 1.4 厘米
介绍（中）	这种陶土浮雕是通过将湿粘土压入向内雕刻的模具中制成的。粘土的边缘向前包裹，在扁平的背面有指纹痕迹。印象深刻的图像上出现了两个支架和三个人物：在中间，一个手臂模糊不清的小裸体女性站在支架之间;在她的两侧，两个较大的短裙雄性双腿歪斜站立，外臂支撑着上支架。三个人物都朝外面向观众。热发光测年法表明，该物体在古代被烧制，使粘土硬化并保留了印记。支架的外观和作品上数字的选择让人想起公元前二千年早期生产的镂空青铜器（特别是1998.31），但这个物体的尺寸比许多青铜器小，也让人想起同时期的兵马俑牌匾。镂空青铜器是使用失蜡铸造方法生产的三维作品，与使用开放式模具制成的平背陶土牌形成鲜明对比。虽然人们很容易将这件物品识别为镂空青铜器的试件，但不同的生产方法表明它不是工匠工作室的副产品，而是一个有意保存的物品和可行的"成品"形象本身。
介绍（英）	This terracotta relief was produced by pressing wet clay into an inwardly-carved mold. The edges of the clay wrap forward and traces of fingerprints are available on the flattened back. Two brackets and three figures appear on the impressed image: in the center a small nude female with indistinctly rendered arms stands between the brackets; on either side of her, two larger kilted males stand legs askew with outer arms supporting the upper bracket. All three figures face outward toward the viewer. Thermoluminescence dating shows that the object was fired in antiquity, hardening the clay and preserving the impression. The appearance of brackets and the selection of figures on the piece call to mind openwork bronzes produced in the early second millennium B.C. (see especially 1998.31), but this object is smaller in size than many bronzes and is also reminiscent of terracotta plaques, known in much larger quantities from the same time. Openwork bronzes were three-dimensional pieces produced using the lost-wax casting method, in contrast to the flat-back terracotta plaques which were made using an open mold. While it is tempting to identify this object as a trial piece for an openwork bronze, the different production methods suggest that it is not the byproduct of a craftsman’s workshop, but rather an intentionally preserved object and a viable ‘finished’ image in its own right.