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).

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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。

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