有盖罐子（Hu） - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	有盖罐子（Hu）
品名（英）	Covered Jar (Hu)
入馆年号	1992年，1992.165.20a, b
策展部门	亚洲艺术（Asian Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 99 - 公元前 1
创作地区
分类	墓葬陶器（Tomb Pottery）
尺寸	高 18 英寸 (45.7 厘米); 直径 11 英寸 27.9 厘米); 直径 of rim 6 7/8 英寸 (17.5 厘米); 直径 of foot 8 1/2 英寸 (21.6 厘米)
介绍（中）	这艘太平间船上装饰着一个蓝色的野兽，露出獠牙，冲向一名骑马的弓箭手。在湖的另一边漫游的是一只大步前进的老虎。这件作品以绚丽的颜料和自信的黑色笔触完成，完美地表达了西汉王朝大胆自信的性格，也是迄今为止已知的最好的汉画作品之一。图像是天象：蓝色的野兽代表天狼星，在中国被称为天狼，而弓箭手是相邻星座弓的化身，弓的箭总是直接指向狼。它们的另一边是白虎，西方的宇宙学象征，其在夜空中的区域与狼和弓的区域接壤狼是一个恶毒的明星。他掌管偷窃和抢劫，代表在中国西北边境与汉族作战的匈奴部落。据说，当狼星的缠绕变色时，土匪就会诅咒这片土地；当恒星偏离正常位置时，匈奴将处于战争状态。幸运的是，有一个警惕的弓，他"惩罚叛军，知道那些狡猾和邪恶的人"。弓永远指向狼，狼身上有一排不祥的流星，被认为是中国的保护者。骑马的弓箭手是欧亚大草原游牧民族的永恒形象，狩猎是匈奴的象征。
介绍（英）	This mortuary vessel is decorated with the animated drama of a blue beast with bared fangs lunging at a mounted archer. Roaming the other side of the hu is a long striding tiger. Executed with brilliant pigments and confident black brushstrokes, the decoration perfectly expresses the boldly assertive character of the Western Han dynasty and is, moreover, one of the finest known examples of Han painting. The iconography is celestial: the blue beast represents the star Sirius, known in China as the Heavenly Wolf, and the archer is a personification of the adjoining constellation, Bow, whose arrow always points directly at the Wolf. Their companion on the other side is the White Tiger, cosmological symbol of the West, whose domain in the nightly sky borders that of the Wolf and the Bow. The Wolf is a baleful star. He governs thievery and looting and represents the Xiongnu tribes (Huns) who warred with the Han people on the northwestern borders of China. It is said that when the twinklings of the Wolf star change color, banditry will curse the land; when the star shifts from its normal position, the Xiongnu will be on the warpath. Fortunately, there is the vigilant Bow, who "punishes rebels and knows those who are crafty and evil." Forever pointed at the Wolf, across whose body is an array of ill-boding meteors, the Bow was considered the protector of China. The mounted archer, the eternal image of the nomadic peoples of the Eurasian steppe, is shown hunting the symbolic representation of the Xiongnu.