带蛇的瓶子 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	带蛇的瓶子
品名（英）	Bottle with Snake
入馆年号	1992年，1992.60.9
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 100 - 公元 500
创作地区	秘鲁（Peru）
分类	陶瓷容器（Ceramics-Containers）
尺寸	高 8 3/4 × 宽 5 7/8 × 深 5 7/8 英寸 (22.2 × 14.9 × 14.9 厘米)
介绍（中）	陶瓷马镫嘴瓶是公元前二千年以来秘鲁北海岸人民的重要容器。这个令人愉悦、比例匀称的瓶子的球形腔室的形状是为了容纳一条大蛇的起伏身体，这条大蛇在房间的一半上浮雕。爬行动物的大头有猫一样的眼睛、胡须和分叉的舌头。可以描绘一种被称为"耳朵"蛇的神话生物，因为它通常具有猫科动物的特征，例如胡须和尖牙。蛇的身体以白色勾勒出来，并装饰有同心圆。喷口的优雅拱形可以用作手柄，向与腔室的接合处加厚，并从其中心升起其短的锥形端。壶嘴的形状表明了莫切长陶瓷序列中的早期日期。蛇很常见，对它们的描绘比比皆是。虽然它们的含义尚不清楚，但它们皮肤的年度脱落可能是更新和再生的象征。
介绍（英）	The ceramic stirrup-spout bottle was an important vessel among peoples on the Peruvian north coast from the second millennium B.C. onward. The globular chamber of this pleasing, well-proportioned bottle is shaped to accommodate the undulating body of a big serpent worked in relief on one half of the chamber. The reptile's large head has catlike eyes, whiskers, and a bifurcated tongue. A mythological creature known as the "eared" serpent may be depicted, as it often assumes feline characteristics such as whiskers and fangs. The serpent's body is outlined in white and decorated with concentric circles. The elegant arch of the spout, which could serve as a handle, thickens toward the juncture with the chamber, and from its center rises its short tapering end. The shape of the spout indicates an early date in the long ceramic sequence of the Moche. Snakes were common and depictions of them abound. Although their meaning is unclear, the annual shedding of their skins may have been symbols of renewal and regeneration.