家具支架：狮子腿 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	家具支架：狮子腿
品名（英）	Furniture support: lion's leg
入馆年号	1936年，36.152.1
策展部门	古代近东艺术（Ancient Near Eastern Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 1800 - 公元前 1700
创作地区
分类
尺寸	5 7/16 × 1 7/16 × 3 1/8 英寸 (13.9 × 3.6 × 8 厘米)
介绍（中）	这件作品是几个家具元素之一，以狮子腿的形式雕刻而成，可能是在安纳托利亚中部阿塞姆霍尤克的一座宫殿遗址上发现的。腿部上部的巨大尺寸表明这代表了动物的后腿。延伸的爪子以倒三角形的形式可见，侧视图中有一个钩状爪子。与大都会博物馆收藏的其他此类作品（36.70.5，36.70.7）一样，这条腿位于带有水平凹槽的底座上。这件作品的红色染色表明表面存在氧化铁，尽管尚不清楚这是故意的装饰处理，还是与埋藏该作品的土壤接触的结果。腿很可能是用河马门牙雕刻而成的，因为牙髓腔的末端保留在上部。侧面的销钉孔允许连接到上部元件。爪子上的榫眼和销钉孔的位置表明支柱将腿连接到一个或多个其他家具元素。底座上还切有榫眼，以便进一步附着。这种类型的家具腿源自埃及，它们是椅子和皇家宝座的共同特征，例如出现在第四王朝的哈夫拉雕像上。然而，与他们的埃及灵感不同，Acemhöyük的象牙狮子腿的排列没有考虑实际狮子的解剖结构，所有四条腿显然都是后腿的形式，即使放在家具的前部也是如此。
介绍（英）	This piece is one of several furniture elements, carved in the form of lion legs, probably found at the site of a palace at Acemhöyük in central Anatolia. The massive size of the upper part of the leg suggests this represents the animal’s rear leg. Extended claws are visible in the form of inverted triangles, with one hooked claw in side view. Like the other pieces of this type in the Metropolitan Museum’s collection (36.70.5, 36.70.7), this leg sits on a base with horizontal grooves. The reddish staining of this piece indicates that iron oxides are present on the surface, although it is not known whether this was a deliberate decorative treatment, or a result of contact with the soil in which the piece was buried. The legs were most likely carved out of hippopotamus incisors, as the ends of the pulp cavities are preserved in the upper parts. Dowel holes on the flanks allowed for attachment to an upper element. The positioning of mortises and dowel holes on the paws suggests that struts connected the legs to one or more other furniture elements. There are also mortises cut into the bases for further attachment. Furniture legs of this type derive from Egypt, where they were a common feature of chairs and royal thrones, appearing for example on a Dynasty 4 statue of Khafre. However, unlike their Egyptian inspirations, the ivory lion legs from Acemhöyük are arranged without regard for the anatomy of actual lions, with all four legs apparently in the form of the rear leg, even when placed at the front of the piece of furniture.