Terracotta vase in the form of a lobster claw
词汇见文末
Attributed to the Class of Seven Lobster-Claws
Period:Classical
Date:ca. 460 B.C.
Culture:Greek, Attic
Medium:Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions:Overall: 2 3/4 x 2 7/8 in. (7 x 7.3 cm)
Other: 6 1/4in. (15.9cm)
Classification:Vases
Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1923
Accession Number:23.160.57
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 157
Donkey; keras (drinking horn)
Because so many aspects of Greek life depended on the sea, a vase in the shape of a lobster claw is not surprising. It is, however, exceptional and may be a variant of the askos—a bag-shaped oil container provided with a vertical mouth and strap handle. The Dionysiac iconography of the lobster claw suggests that it was a novelty item used at symposia (drinking parties).
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Artist / Maker / Culture
Class of Seven Lobster-Claws
Date / Era
1000 B.C.–A.D. 1 (33,074)
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文中词汇：
terracotta
-n. 陶瓦；赤土陶器；赤土色
-兵马俑，terracotta army
red-figure
-红彩陶器
-至公元前530年雅典Andokides painter发明了红彩陶器（Red-figure pottery），黑彩陶器（Black-figure pottery）被之取代。红彩陶器盛行至公元前三世纪。
drinking horn
-角杯，牛角杯，角形状的杯子。
-（某词典例句：）a drinking horn，兽角杯，角制酒杯。——角质，指材质。
以上来源于《新牛津英汉双解大词典》等网络词典
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