一对带翅膀的马的皮带牌 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	一对带翅膀的马的皮带牌
品名（英）	Pair of Belt Plaques with Winged Horses
入馆年号	1924年，24.174.6, .7
策展部门	亚洲艺术（Asian Art）
创作者	Unidentified artist
创作年份	公元 1 - 公元 100
创作地区
分类	金属制品（Metalwork）
尺寸	高 2 3/4 英寸 (7 厘米); 宽 4 3/8 英寸 (11.1 厘米)
介绍（中）	鲜卑人使用的匾额或其他装饰物，与匈奴人喜爱的装饰物不同，鲜为人知。在中国东北的满洲里平原上的遗址上发现了装饰着类似飞马图像的镀金牌匾；然而，很少有一对面对面的马能够存活下来鲜卑这个名字指的是来自不同地区的讲不同语言的部落联盟。鲜卑人最初是匈奴帝国的一部分，于公元前一世纪中期脱离并恢复了对其土地的控制。从那时到公元六世纪，他们在中亚和中国历史上扮演着复杂的角色。鲜卑人统治着许多小国，这些小国在3世纪至5世纪中期争夺华北的控制权。拓跋是东鲜卑的一个分支，建立了强大的北魏王朝，并于4世纪中期至6世纪中期统治了华北《魏书》第一章由中国历史学家魏寿撰写于六世纪中期，保存了北魏（386–534）建立之前对拓跋所知甚少的大部分内容。根据这一消息来源，一种形状像马、叫声像牛的神秘动物精神带领拓跋从他们的家乡黑龙江省（中国东北部）向南踏上了危险的旅程，越过大兴安岭，进入内蒙古平原。这对牌匾上的有翼马可能说明了这一传奇事件。
介绍（英）	Unlike the ornaments favored by the Xiongnu, few plaques or other adornments used by the Xianbei are known. Gilt plaques embellished with images of flying horses similar to these have been excavated at sites on the Manchurian plain in northeast China; however, it is rare for a pair with facing horses to survive. The name Xianbei refers to a confederation of tribes that spoke different languages and came from varying regions. Originally part of the Xiongnu empire, the Xianbei broke away and resumed control of their lands in the mid-first century B.C. From that time until the sixth century A.D., they played a complicated role in Central Asian and Chinese history. The Xianbei ruled many of the small states that vied for control of North China from the third to the mid-fifth century. The Tuoba, a subsidiary branch of the eastern Xianbei, established the powerful Northern Wei dynasty that ruled North China from the mid-fourth to the mid-sixth century. The first chapter of the Wei Shu (History of the Wei), written in the mid-sixth century by the Chinese historian Wei Shou, preserves most of what little is known about the Tuoba prior to the establishment of the Northern Wei dynasty (386–534). According to this source, a mysterious animal spirit that was shaped like a horse and bellowed like an ox led the Tuoba south on the perilous journey from their homeland in Heilongjiang Province (in the far northeast of China) over the Daxing'an Range and into the Inner Mongolian plain. It is possible that the winged horses on this pair of plaques illustrate the legendary event.