海怪形状的兵马俑花瓶 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	海怪形状的兵马俑花瓶
品名（英）	Terracotta vase in the form of a ketos (sea monster)
入馆年号	2009年，2009.529
策展部门	希腊和罗马艺术（Greek and Roman Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 650 - 公元前 600
创作地区
分类	花瓶（Vases）
尺寸	整体: 3 1/16 x 3 15/16 英寸 (7.7 x 10 厘米)
介绍（中）	这个充满活力的雕塑花瓶是现存最早的希腊酮或海怪代表之一。这种生物有一个强大的狮子头，大眼睛和山羊胡，条纹腹部，鳞片和两个鳍状鳍。它毛茸茸的长耳朵向后压着，露出大而突出的牙齿，发出威胁性的手势。头顶上的一个洞会被用来填充花瓶，液体会从大尖牙之间的舌头上的孔涌出。除了失去了身体和尾巴的末端外，花瓶保存得非常好，耳朵、脸上和交替的鳞片上添加了很多红色油漆。希腊凯托斯的肖像学是在古代时期（约公元前600-480年）建立的，并且在几个世纪以来一直保持着惊人的一致性，直到罗马帝国时代。它是亚历山大大帝（公元前331-323年）征服后前往东方的生物之一，在那里它出现在犍陀罗艺术中，并影响了从阿富汗到印度的怪物表现。Keto甚至被认为是中国龙的部分灵感来源。
介绍（英）	This spirited sculptural vase is among the earliest extant representations of a Greek ketos, or sea monster. The creature has a formidable leonine head with big eyes and a goatee, a striped belly, scales, and two flipperlike fins. With its long, furry ears pressed back and its large, prominent teeth bared, it gestures menacingly. A hole in the top of the head would have been used to fill the vase, and liquid would have poured out through the hole in the tongue between the large fangs. Except for the loss of the end of the body and tail, the vase is remarkably well preserved, with much added red paint on the ears, face, and alternating scales. The iconography of the Greek ketos was established in the Archaic period (ca. 600–480 B.C.) and remained amazingly consistent for centuries, long into Roman Imperial times. It is one of the creatures that after the conquests of Alexander the Great (r. 331–323 B.C.) traveled to the East, where it appeared in Gandharan art and influenced representations of monsters from Afghanistan to India. The ketos has even been suggested as a partial inspiration for the Chinese dragon.