明 銅獸面紋提梁卣

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英文品名：A MING BRONZE YOU WINE VESSEL WITH TAOTIE MASKS AND OVERHEAD HANDLE 尺寸：H:36cm 銅鑄，卣式。器作扁圓腹，下承圈足；帶蓋，蓋頂有花苞形鈕，蓋面與器身出戟。頸部飾一週夔龍紋，腹部鑄浮雕獸面（饕餮）紋，以雲雷紋為地，眉目、獸耳凸起。兩側設獸首銅環，穿弓形提梁，梁身亦飾紋飾。通體鎏金，色澤金亮，鑄刻深峻，為明代銅製陳設之器。卣為古代盛酒之器，行禮時以提梁捧持，傾注於尊爵。器身饕餮（獸面）紋威嚴莊重，取溝通人神之意；夔龍紋、雲雷紋回環連綿，象徵天地氣息流轉。明代銅器承三代禮器遺意，文人案頭常置鼎、彝、尊、卣，以比擬古初。此器全器鎏金，非實用酒器，而為書齋、廳堂陳設，可焚香、插花，或純作清賞；器身夔龍、饕餮、雲雷錯落，線條圓厚，古意盎然。 A bronze you wine vessel with a domed cover surmounted by a bud finial and a bowed overhead handle fitted through dragon-headed lugs. The neck is cast with kui dragons and the rounded body with relief taotie beast masks on a leiwen ground, flanged at the corners. The whole is fire-gilt with a bright golden patina; the casting and chasing are deep and crisp. The you was an ancient wine vessel, carried by its overhead handle during rites and poured into zun and jue cups. The taotie beast mask conveys the solemnity of communication between humans and spirits, while kui dragons and leiwen thunder-patterns wind endlessly, evoking the flow of heaven and earth. Ming bronzes inherited this ritual language; scholars kept ding, yi, zun and you on their desks to evoke the ancient age. This fire-gilt you was never a functional wine vessel but a desk or hall ornament, burned for incense, arranged with flowers or admired pure; its rounded full lines carry an ancient air.

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