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Square Wine Container (Fangyou)

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长方形、带屋顶形盖的盛酒器。盖做得像一座小房子的屋顶,是方彝最好认的特征。

Date
Shang
Period
约公元前 1250–前 1046 年
Category
Bronze
Material type
Bronze
Material
青铜
Dimensions
通高 26.7 × 13.4 厘米
Collection of
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Chinese Art Galleries
Accession number
1963.103

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看什么

方彝的形状像一间缩小的房子:器身直壁、圈足,盖从两端斜收,盖上还有象首或鸟形的钮。把盖和器身的纹饰连起来看,会发现在中线处正好拼成一张完整的兽面——这是商周工匠常用的"对称拆解"手法。

为什么酒器这么多

商人祭祀用酒,酒器组合因此格外讲究:盛酒的彝、斟酒的尊与卣、饮酒的爵与觚各就各位。周人灭商后检讨"殷亡于酒",酒器组合随之减少,方彝也在西周中期以后基本消失——一件器物的存废,背后是一整套观念的转向。

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