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品名（中）	金硬锰矿
品名（英）	Gold Bracteate
入馆年号	2001年，2001.583
策展部门	中世纪艺术（Medieval Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元 400 - 公元 600
创作地区
分类	金属制品金（Metalwork-Gold）
尺寸	1 7/8 x 1 3/4 x 3/16 英寸 (4.8 x 4.4 x 0.4 厘米). .3oz (8g)
介绍（中）	这款薄薄的金色吊坠被称为苞片，以大胆、宽阔的线条为特色，展现出灵巧而充满活力的设计。中央的脸体现了中世纪早期斯堪的纳维亚艺术家的旺盛、高度禁欲的风格。边境地区由一排错综复杂的重复打孔组成，揭示了五世纪和六世纪在北欧工作的金匠的强大技术能力。苞片的制造可能起源于罗马和拜占庭肖像奖章，由皇帝作为礼物赠送给重要人物。然而，在这里，帝国形象已经变成了对神的描绘，也许是北欧万神殿的首领奥丁;他超大的脸在一匹长着角的奔腾的马身上保持平衡。凭借其精湛的工艺和对罗马和拜占庭世界的暗示，金色苞片传达了其主人的精致品味和崇高的社会地位，他们将它们作为精美的珠宝穿着并将它们作为宝藏囤积起来。
介绍（英）	This thin gold pendant, known as a bracteate, displays a deft and spirited design defined by bold, sweeping lines. The central face exemplifies the exuberant, highly abstact style of early medieval Scandinavian artists. The border zone, formed by intricate and orderly rows of repeated punchwork, reveals the great technical competency of goldsmiths working in northern Europe during the fifth and sixth centuries. The manufacture of bracteates probably originated with Roman and Byzantine portrait medallions, presented by the emperor as gifts to important figures. Here, however, the imperial image has been transformed into the depiction of a god, perhaps Odin, chief of Nordic pantheon; his oversize face is balanced atop a galloping horse with horns. With their fine workmanship and allusions to the Roman and Byzantine worlds, gold bracteates conveyed both the sophisticated taste and the high social status of their owners, who wore them as fine jewerly and hoarded them as treasure.