克里希纳谈加鲁达 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	克里希纳谈加鲁达
品名（英）	Krishna on Garuda
入馆年号	1992年，1992.135
策展部门	亚洲艺术（Asian Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元 850 - 公元 899
创作地区
分类	雕塑（Sculpture）
尺寸	高 15 7/16 英寸 (39.2 厘米)
介绍（中）	加鲁达是印度教的神，一半是人，一半是鸟，象征着太阳的力量，以杀死邪恶的蛇而闻名。在艺术中，他通常以毗湿奴的坐骑或载具的身份出现。在这里，加鲁达带着毗湿奴的化身克里希纳，克里希纳不仅借用了毗湿努的坐骑，还拿着他的战争铁饼（脉轮）。他精力充沛地跨坐在加鲁达的头和肩膀上，张开的左手食指做了一个警告的手势。传说告诉我们，奎师那在很多场合都骑在嘎鲁达的背上作战。在一个爪哇人熟知的故事中，加鲁达从众神那里偷走了长生不老药，众神认为它受到了来自众神王国的两条毒蛇的良好保护。在这里，他抓住了两只不见了的蛇——其中一只的头不见了——并在头上的一个罐子里平衡了长生不老药。加鲁达双腿的折叠姿势表明他正在飞翔。他的短翅膀拍打着空气，长长的尾巴在他身后盘旋。这件青铜的所有其他形状和细节的曲线和生动的投影使这些人物看起来像是在太空中冲锋这套服装是一盏悬挂的油灯的一部分。克里希纳的头顶是一个莲花图案，上面系着一条悬挂链，加鲁达的下方是一个环，上面可以挂一个装灯油的杯子。点亮的灯会投射出上帝和他的车辆的影子。
介绍（英）	Garuda, the Hindu god who is part man and part bird, symbolizes the power of the sun and is known for slaying evil serpents. In art he usually appears as the mount or vehicle of Vishnu. Here Garuda carries Krishna, an avatar of Vishnu, who not only has borrowed Vishnu's mount but also holds his war discus (chakra). He stands energetically astride Garuda's head and shoulders, and with the index finger of his open left hand makes a warning gesture. Legend tells us that on many occasions Krishna rode out on the back of Garuda to do battle. In a tale well known to the Javanese, Garuda stole the elixir of immortality from the gods, who had thought it was well protected by two poisonous serpents from the realm of the gods. Here he holds the two defunct serpents—the head of one is missing—and balances the elixir in a jar on his head. The folded position of Garuda's legs suggests that he is rising in flight. His short wings beat the air, and his long tail streams behind him in openwork loops. The curves and lively projections of all the other shapes and details of this bronze make the figures appear to be charging through space. This ensemble was part of a hanging oil lamp. Above Krishna's head is a lotus pattern to which a chain for suspension was attached, and beneath Garuda is a loop from which a cup for lamp oil would have hung. The lighted lamp would cast shadows of the god and his vehicle.