猎鹰无花果 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	猎鹰无花果
品名（英）	Falcon Figurine
入馆年号	1988年，1988.101
策展部门	埃及艺术（Egyptian Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 3300 - 公元前 2900
创作地区	来自于: 埃及（From: Egypt）
分类
尺寸	长 7.2 x 宽 2.7 x 高 3.2 厘米 (2 13/16 x 1 1/16 x 1 1/4 英寸)
介绍（中）	浅碗的浮雕装饰因其浅绿松石原色与间隙和背景中使用的深蓝色之间的对比而得到加强。在外表上，五片莲瓣，中间穿插着内莲瓣的尖端和一种未知植物的棱叶，像一朵花一样围绕着底座。在里面，三圈的花瓣和带肋的叶子包围着中心的玫瑰花结；波峰图案和平带环绕着整个保龄球是希腊化和罗马帝国时期广泛生产的一部分。从东部的以色列到西部的意大利南部，埃及和地中海周围都有这样的例子。不同高度的双色浮雕是这件作品的标准特征，埃及和希腊图案的混合也是如此。在某些情况下，模仿金属器皿的元素是显而易见的。大多数碗形器皿都是半球形的，只在外部装饰。博物馆的碗有着浅的形状，凹陷的环形底座，内部只有少数其他器皿，所有这些器皿似乎都来自埃及。在亚历山大周围的墓地里挖掘出了相似的东西。因此，这个碗很可能是在那个城市的一个工厂里制作的。其他类型的瓷器被认为是在孟菲斯制造的。与形状相似的兵马俑表明，博物馆的碗可以追溯到公元前二世纪上半叶在亚历山大发现的这件文物的材料、图案和墓地出处表明，这些器皿是为了葬礼或仪式目的，或者两者兼而有之。莲花，以及坐在另一个类似碗边缘的青蛙形象，是古老的创造、生命和复活的象征。它们不仅仅是器皿上的装饰，这些器皿本可以用作陪葬设备或用于塞拉皮斯和伊西斯等神的崇拜。
介绍（英）	The relief decoration of this shallow bowl is enhanced by the contrast between its primary light turquoise color and the dark blue used in the interstices and background. On the exterior, five petals of the nelumbo lotus interspersed with the tips of inner lotus petals and ribbed leaves of an unknown plant surround the base like a flower. Inside, three rings of nelumbo petals and ribbed leaves enclose the central rosette; a wave-crest pattern and plain band surround the whole. Bowls were part of the widespread faience production in Hellenistic and Imperial Roman times. Examples have been found in Egypt and around the Mediterranean, from Israel in the east to southern Italy in the west. Dual-color relief of varying height is a standard feature of this ware, as is the mixture of Egyptian and Greek motifs. Elements imitating metal vessels are noticeable in some instances. Most bowls of the ware are hemispherical and bear decoration exclusively on the exterior. The Museum's bowl shares its shallow shape, recessed ring base, and interior with only a few other vessels, all of which seem to come from Egypt. Close parallels were excavated in the cemeteries around Alexandria. It is therefore probable that this bowl was made in a faience workshop in that city. Other types of the ware are thought to have been manufactured at Memphis. Terracotta parallels for the shape suggest a date in the first half of the second century B.C. for the Museum's bowl. The faience material, motifs, and cemetery provenance of the piece found at Alexandria indicate that the vessels were made to serve either funerary or ritual purposes, or both. Lotus flowers, as well as the figure of a frog that sits on the rim of yet another similar bowl, are age-old symbols of creation, life, and resurrection. They are more than mere embellishment on vessels that could have been used as funerary equipment or in the cults of deities such as Serapis and Isis.