西周 青銅獸耳豎條紋方座簋

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英文品名：A WESTERN ZHOU BRONZE GUI FOOD VESSEL WITH BEAST HANDLES AND VERTICAL FLUTES ON A SQUARE BASE 尺寸：H:30cm 青銅。簋式，侈口鼓腹，雙獸耳下垂長方珥，下連方座。頸部飾竊曲紋與圓渦紋，腹部滿施直棱豎條紋，方座邊緣飾獸面與鳥紋。器表青綠鏽斑與褐鏽交錯，古意盎然。為西周時期青銅禮器形制。簋為盛黍稷稻粱之器，相當於今日大碗，與鼎配合使用。周代禮制：天子九鼎八簋、諸侯七鼎六簋、大夫五鼎四簋、士三鼎二簋，所謂列鼎制度。簋多有蓋、有耳，下有方座或圈足，方座簋是西周早期重器，如武王時天亡簋、利簋皆作方座。祭祀時，簋盛飯食陳於神前，宴飲時亦以簋盛飯待客。器身直棱紋，又稱直條紋，取象編席、織物，肅穆簡古，西周早期最流行。 A bronze gui food vessel of the Western Zhou period, with an everted rim, bulging body, paired beast handles hanging with rectangular pendants, and a square base. The neck is decorated with interrupted dragon and spiral patterns; the body is covered in vertical flutes; the base is edged with beast-mask and bird patterns. Green and brown patina cover the surface. The gui was a food vessel for millet and rice, used in conjunction with the ding cauldron under the Zhou ritual system: the Son of Heaven used nine ding and eight gui, feudal lords seven and six, great officers five and four, and lesser officers three and two, the graded ding system. Most gui have covers and handles, on ring feet or square bases; the square-base gui is an early Western Zhou monument type, seen in King Wu's Tianwang gui and the Li gui. In sacrifices the gui held grain offerings before the spirits; in feasts it served guests. The vertical flutes on the body, evoking woven mats, are a sober early Western Zhou fashion.

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