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品名（中）	带有仪式场景的罐子
品名（英）	Jar with Ritual Scene
入馆年号	1992年，1992.3
策展部门	迈克尔·洛克菲勒之翼（The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1400 - 公元 1500
创作地区	墨西哥（Mexico）
分类	陶瓷容器（Ceramics-Containers）
尺寸	高 10 × 直径 8 × 深 8 英寸 (25.4 × 20.3 × 20.3 厘米)
介绍（中）	在西班牙征服前的最后几个世纪，墨西哥的礼仪器具有简单的形式，表面很大，可以应用复杂的装饰。在这艘船上，红色延伸到整个表面，包括直边的颈部和底座，在其上，设计以深棕色、白色、红色和橙色勾勒出黑色。一个涉及九个人从事不同动作的多形象场景出现在罐子的腔室上。人物的姿势各不相同，三个男性与女性的体型、服装和属性都有区别。五名妇女中有四名将头发绑在两个用白色带子固定的顶结中。第五位女性跪在一个围栏里，头向后仰，闭上眼睛。有人认为，这个人物描绘的是一个在分娩时死亡的妇女，这个场景可能与古城图拉的准历史统治者兼祭司羽蛇神（Quetzalcóatl）出生的神话有关，他的母亲在分娩时去世。虽然据说这艘船来自墨西哥西部的纳亚里特，但其丰富的彩色装饰受到这一时期主要在陶瓷和墨西哥中部的图画手稿上发现的几何、色彩鲜艳的绘画风格的强烈影响。
介绍（英）	During the last few centuries prior to the Spanish conquest, ceremonial vessels in Mexico had simple forms with large surfaces to which complex decoration could be applied. On this vessel, red extends over the entire surface, including the straight-sided neck and base, and over it the designs are in dark brown, white, red, and orange outlined in black. A multifigural scene involving nine individuals in profile engaging in different actions appears on the chamber of the jar. The postures of the figures vary, and the three males are distinguished from the females by size, costume, and attributes. Four of the five women wear their hair bound in two topknots held with a white band. The fifth female is shown kneeling in an enclosure, her head thrown back and her eye closed. It has been suggested that this figure portrays a woman who had died during childbirth and that the scene may relate to the myth of the birth of Quetzalcóatl, the quasi-historical ruler-priest of the ancient city of Tula whose mother had died during parturition. Although the vessel is said to have come from Nayarit in western Mexico, its rich polychrome decoration is strongly influenced by the geometric, vividly colored painting style found primarily on ceramics and in pictorial manuscripts in central Mexico during this time.