卧狮图 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	卧狮图
品名（英）	Figure of crouching lion
入馆年号	1943年，43.102.29
策展部门	古代近东艺术（Ancient Near Eastern Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 800 - 公元前 600
创作地区
分类
尺寸	3/4 英寸 × 1/4 英寸 × 1 英寸 (1.9 × 0.7 × 2.6 厘米)
介绍（中）	这是一只蹲着的象牙色小狮子。狮子有圆圆的大眼睛、三角形的耳朵和张开的嘴。它的肩膀和后躯是圆形的。现在，狮子的右后躯大部分缺失，整个左侧都很磨损。狮子在一个有两个洞的平坦底座上休息。据推测，它最初是附着在某个东西上的，但在这一点上无法说出是什么。可能是某种象牙容器的把手这只狮子是在伊朗西部扎格罗斯山脉卢里斯坦的一个定居点Surkh Dum发掘的。它是埋在门框下的一大堆物品的一部分，这座建筑被解释为避难所；因此，这些物品很可能是为神所做的供品狮子原产于伊朗，直到公元20世纪。因此，它们经常出现在伊朗古代艺术中，作为力量、王权或自然世界原始力量的象征。鉴于人们对鲁里斯坦铁器时代的居民知之甚少，很难说这只狮子对他们有什么意义。
介绍（英）	This is a small crouching ivory lion. The lion has large round eyes, triangular ears and an open mouth. Its shoulders and hindquarters are rounded. A large section of the right hindquarter is now missing, and the entire left side of the lion is quite worn. The lion rests on a flat base with two holes. Presumably it was originally attached to something, but it is impossible to say what at this point. Possibly it was the handle for an ivory container of some kind. This lion was excavated at Surkh Dum, a settlement site in Luristan in the Zagros Mountains of western Iran. It was part of a large hoard of objects buried beneath a doorjamb in a structure interpreted as a sanctuary; thus the objects were probably offerings made for a god. Lions were native to Iran until the 20th century A.D. As a result they appear frequently in ancient Iranian art, as symbols of strength, kingship or the raw power of the natural world. Given how little is known of the Iron Age inhabitants of Luristan it is difficult to say what significance this lion had for them.