刻有有翼女神、狮身人面像和莲花的贝壳 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	刻有有翼女神、狮身人面像和莲花的贝壳
品名（英）	Shell engraved with winged female deity, sphinxes, and lotus plants
入馆年号	1999年，1999.81
策展部门	古代近东艺术（Ancient Near Eastern Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 700 - 公元前 600
创作地区
分类
尺寸	2 11/16 × 5 3/8 × 1 9/16 英寸 (6.8 × 13.65 × 4 厘米)
介绍（中）	原产于印度洋、红海和波斯湾的一种大型蛤蜊（Tridacna squamosa）的外壳在公元前七世纪末至六世纪初的短时间内被用来雕刻一种独特的化妆品容器。这种类型的容器有一百多个幸存下来，在近东和地中海各地都有发现，东至伊朗，西至意大利。在巴勒斯坦和外约旦发现了未加工的炮弹，这表明制造这些集装箱的车间位于这些地区这个保存完好的外壳外表面有精心雕刻的装饰。一个四翼人物穿着复杂的刺绣或编织服装，双手拿着花枝，莲花和花蕾从她的肩膀上发芽。两个带翅膀的小狮身人面像在她的两侧，每一个都被更多的树枝包围，树枝上长出花蕾、花朵和掌叶。装饰图案覆盖了大部分表面，包括中心人物和狮身人面像的翅膀、交叉阴影的发型、树枝的茎以及沿着场景底部的边界。在外壳的内表面，边缘切割出三角形的边界和另一排花朵和花蕾。中心人物胸部的外壳上有一个洞。
介绍（英）	The shell of a species of large clam (Tridacna squamosa), native to the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, and the Persian Gulf, was used to carve a distinctive type of cosmetic container during a short period from the late seventh to the early sixth century B.C. More than a hundred containers of this type survive, and have been found throughout the Near East and Mediterranean, as far east as Iran and as far west as Italy. Unworked shells have been found in Palestine and Transjordan, suggesting that the workshops where these containers were manufactured were located in these regions. This remarkably preserved shell bears elaborate incised decoration on the outer surface. A four-winged figure wearing an intricate embroidered or woven garment holds floral branches in both hands, and lotus flowers and buds sprout from her shoulders. Two small winged sphinxes flank her, each surrounded by more branches which sprout buds, blossoms, and palmettes. Decorative patterning covers much of the surface, including the wings of the central figure and the sphinxes, their cross-hatched hairstyles, the stems of the branches, and a border that runs along the bottom of the scene. On the inner surface of the shell, a border of triangles and another row of blossoms and buds has been incised around the edge. A hole pierces the shell at the chest of the central figure.