西周 青銅獸面紋羊首提梁方卣

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英文品名：A WESTERN ZHOU BRONZE SQUARE YOU WINE VESSEL WITH BEAST-MASK DESIGN AND RAM-HEAD OVERHEAD HANDLE 尺寸：H:48cm 青銅。方卣，帶蓋，蓋頂有鈕，四面出戟，兩側設羊首銜環提梁。器身自蓋至足分層飾獸面紋、鳥紋，紋樣以雲雷紋為地，棱線挺拔。器底內見方格紋。皮色青綠深沉，為西周青銅酒器。卣，讀若有，為盛鬯酒（香草浸鬱金香酒）之器，專用於祭祀、宴享，是三禮所記六尊、六彝之一。提梁便於行禮時捧持、傾酒，方體少見，圓體居多。西周早期方卣多四面出戟，獸面紋以雲雷紋為地，是洛陽出土成王、康王時器典型。羊首銜環提梁，取羊為祥，漢人瓦當大吉羊即大吉祥。祭祀時，鬯酒灌地以降神，謂祼鬯，由活人代表神靈的屍飲之。 A square bronze you wine vessel of the Western Zhou period, with a cover and knob, flanges at each corner, and an overhead handle formed as ram heads holding loops. The body is divided into bands of taotie and bird patterns over a leiwen ground, flanges crisp. The interior base shows a diagonal lattice. The patina is a deep green. The you was a wine vessel for chang, a spiced fragrant wine infused with turmeric, used exclusively in sacrifice and banquet, one of the six zun and six yi listed in the ritual classics. The overhead handle allowed it to be lifted and poured during rites; square examples are rarer than round. Early Western Zhou square you, with flanged corners and taotie on a leiwen ground, match pieces from the Cheng-Kang reigns at Luoyang. Ram-head handles pun on yang, ram, and xiang, auspicious, as on Han tiles reading great auspiciousness. In the guan rite, chang wine was poured on the ground to invite the spirits and then drunk by the personator acting as the deity.

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