带坐姿儿童素描的鸵鸟 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	带坐姿儿童素描的鸵鸟
品名（英）	Ostracon with Sketch of Seated Child
入馆年号	1914年，14.6.193
策展部门	埃及艺术（Egyptian Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 1295
创作地区	来自于: 埃及（From: Egypt）
分类
尺寸	高 14 厘米 (5 1/2 英寸); 宽 23 厘米 (9 1/16 英寸)
介绍（中）	Ostraca（ostracon的复数）是用作书写或绘画表面的碎片。通过扩展，这个术语适用于石灰石碎片，这些碎片被用于类似的目的。图形介形虫从单一特征的草图到多色绘画作品都各不相同。他们被用来练习绘画、草拟构图和复制场景。然而，一些介形虫是为了更持久的功能而创造的，在宗教实践中用作邪教图像，并存放在坟墓或神殿中，作为接触神的场所。鸵鸟身上的动物表现得像人类，在口头传统中被解释为好玩的笑话、政治讽刺或寓言或神话的插图这幅素描描绘了一个人坐在垫子上，只戴着手镯，左手搭在膝盖上，右手朝着嘴。这个人物的姿势和裸体表明它代表了一个孩子。红色墨水的痕迹显示了艺术家是如何在用黑色勾勒图像之前进行初步草图的，并对右上臂和左手位置进行了修改。
介绍（英）	Ostraca (plural for ostracon) are potsherds used as surfaces for writing or drawing. By extension, the term is applied to chips of limestone, which were employed for similar purposes. Figural ostraca vary from sketches of a single feature to polychrome painted compositions. They were used to practice drawing, draft compositions, and copy scenes. However, some ostraca were created for more durable functions, used as cult images in religious practice and deposited at tombs or shrines as sites of access to the divine. Ostraca, on which animals appear acting like humans, have been interpreted as playful jokes, political satire, or illustrations to fables or myths in the oral tradition. This sketch depicts a figure seated on a cushion, wearing only bracelets, with the left hand draped over the knees and the right towards the mouth. The figure’s position and nudity suggest that it represents a child. Traces of red ink show how the artist did a preliminary sketch before outlining the image in black, making alterations to the right upper arm and left-hand position.