盛鱼和荷花的碗 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	盛鱼和荷花的碗
品名（英）	Bowl with fish and lotuses
入馆年号	2021年，2021.41.55
策展部门	埃及艺术（Egyptian Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 1550 - 公元前 1295
创作地区	来自于: 埃及（From: Egypt）
分类
尺寸	高 2.4 × 直径 7.3 厘米 (15/16 × 2 7/8 英寸)
介绍（中）	这个迷人的小碗由亮蓝色的彩陶制成，并以黑色油漆装饰，包括一个薄的黑色边缘。浅碗的外部非常圆润，在顶视图上可以看到一朵开放的莲花，其尖尖的花瓣散布在表面上。碗的内部有一个罗非鱼，嘴里冒出两个莲花茎。它们延伸到碗的两侧，并以闭合的芽结束。鱼以及容器两侧开放和封闭的莲花象征着再生和重生。莲花随着阳光打开和关闭，这被视为出生，死亡和重生的循环。罗非鱼将卵含在嘴里直到孵化的奇怪行为，将这种鱼与生命和再生的力量联系起来。此外，彩陶的蓝色有助于这件作品的象征意义，因为它与尼罗河水有关，尼罗河水也带来了生命。这种装饰精美的彩陶碗，装满了强大的再生象征，被用作墓葬品以及女神哈索尔的寺庙祭品。
介绍（英）	This charming little bowl is made in brilliant blue faience and decorated in black paint, including a thin black rim. The exterior of the shallow bowl is nicely rounded and shows an open lotus flower in top view with its pointed petals spreading across the surface. The bowl’s interior features a tilapia with two lotus stems emerging from its mouth. They extend to opposite sides of the bowl and end in closed buds. The fish as well as the open and closed lotus flowers on both sides of the vessel symbolize regeneration and rebirth. The lotus opens and closes with the sunlight which was seen as a cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. The curious behavior of the tilapia to carry its egg in its mouth until they hatch, connected this fish with the power of life and regeneration. Additionally, the blue color of the faience contributed to the symbolism of this piece as it relates to the Nile water, which was life-bringing as well. Such decorated faience bowls, filled with potent symbols of regeneration, were used as grave goods as well as temple offerings for the goddess Hathor.