克里希纳杀死马魔凯希 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	克里希纳杀死马魔凯希
品名（英）	Krishna Killing the Horse Demon Keshi
入馆年号	1991年，1991.300
策展部门	亚洲艺术（Asian Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元 400 - 公元 499
创作地区
分类	雕塑（Sculpture）
尺寸	高 21 英寸 (53.3 厘米); 宽16 英寸 (40.6 厘米); 深 4 1/4 英寸 (10.8 厘米)
介绍（中）	毗湿奴以无数的伪装（化身）出现在地球上，但没有一个比克里希纳更受欢迎，克里希纳是一位将人民从恶魔威胁中解放出来的战士国王。有一次，年轻的克里希纳杀死了伪装成马的恶魔克希。这个主题可能起源于希腊化的传说，最著名的是赫拉克勒斯的劳动，希腊英雄杀死了狄俄墨得斯的马。在这幅陶制浮雕中，克里希纳用脚约束凶猛的克希，同时将肘部伸进野兽的喉咙。战斗人员下面是死马和死亡时排出的粪球。对主题的图形化观察提醒我们，在早期印度吠陀崇拜实践中，马献祭的重要性，克里希纳神话无疑保留了对马献祭的记忆。直到古普塔时期，印度才真正开始修建寺庙，这些砖石结构通常装饰着这种类型的陶土牌匾，克里希纳是其中一个受欢迎的主题。
介绍（英）	Vishnu appears in innumerable guises (avatars) on earth but none is more popular than that of Krishna, the warrior-king who freed his people from demonic threats. On one occasion the youthful Krishna slayed the demon Keshi, who appeared in the guise of a horse. This subject probably has its origins in Hellenistic legends, most notably the labors of Hercules in which the Greek hero slays the horses of Diomedes. In this terracotta relief Krishna restrains the ferocious Keshi with his foot while thrusting his elbow down the beast's throat. Below the combatants are the dead horse and balls of dung emitted at the moment of death. The graphically observed rendering of the subject is a reminder of the importance of horse sacrifices in early Indian Vedic cult practices, of which this Krishna myth undoubtedly preserves a memory. Temple building began in earnest in India only in the Gupta period, and these brick and stone structures typically were decorated with terracotta plaques of this type for which Krishna was a popular subject.