蛇柄大理石镀金花瓶 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	蛇柄大理石镀金花瓶
品名（英）	Marble strigilated vase with snake handles
入馆年号	2007年，2007.31a, b
策展部门	希腊和罗马艺术（Greek and Roman Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元 149 - 公元 199
创作地区
分类	石雕（Stone Sculpture）
尺寸	高: 17 5/16 英寸 (44 厘米)
介绍（中）	脚部恢复正常这只大理石花瓶的把手呈缠绕的蛇形，可以说是当今已知的最好、保存最完好的罗马器皿，瓶身雕刻有条纹图案。这些细长的S形通道是花瓶和石棺上流行的浮雕装饰形式，尤其是在公元二世纪下半叶和三世纪。花瓶两侧的把手上有两条胡须蛇。它们的上半身盘绕在宽阔的肩膀上，将扁平的头部向前伸展，穿过颈部的深凹处，咬合突出的边缘，形成一场空间深度和明暗效果的戏剧。缠绕的蛇图案适合作为随葬花瓶。蛇与地球相连，与chthonian的力量联系在一起，希腊人和罗马人将它们视为圣地、房屋和坟墓的守护者。然而，在没有随葬铭文的情况下，无法确定这个花瓶最初是用作骨灰盒还是纯粹用于装饰。
介绍（英）	The foot is restored. This marble vase with handles in the form of entwined serpents is arguably the finest and best preserved example known today of a type of Roman vessel with a strigilated pattern carved on the body. These elongated S-shaped channels were a popular form of relief decoration on vases and sarcophagi, especially in the second half of the second century and the third century a.d. Two bearded snakes form the handle on either side of the vase. With their upper bodies coiled on the broad shoulder, they stretch their flat heads forward across the deep concavity of the neck to bite the projecting rim, setting up a play of spatial depth and light and dark effects. The motif of entwined serpents is appropriate for a funerary vase. Linked with the earth, snakes were associated with chthonian powers, and the Greeks and Romans regarded them as guardians of sacred places, houses, and tombs. In the absence of a funerary inscription, however, it is not possible to determine whether this vase was originally intended as an ash urn or for purely decorative use.