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Ritual Wine Beaker (Gu)

觚

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饮酒器。口与足都向外撇、中间收细,整器像一段拉长的喇叭。"觚不觚"这句感叹,说的就是它的形制在春秋已经走样。

Date
Western Zhou
Period
约公元前 11 世纪晚期
Category
Bronze
Material type
Bronze
Material
青铜
Dimensions
通高 21 厘米,口径 12.7 厘米,圈足径 7.1 厘米
Collection of
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Asian Art Galleries
Accession number
24.72.10

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Description

看什么

三段式轮廓最要紧:喇叭形敞口、收得极细的腰部、再次外撇的高圈足。腰部与圈足上各有一组纹饰带,其余留素面——这种"抓重点装饰"的做法,与商代把器身填满的习惯正好相反。

名字带来的麻烦

"觚"这个名称来自宋代金石学的定名,商周器物自身并没有留下这个名字。所以你在别的书里可能看到它被叫作"大觚"或直接称"尊",这不是分歧,而是后世人给无名器物安名的通例。

它在礼仪里的位置

觚与爵常成组出现,一饮一斟。西周早期墓葬里觚的数量减少,是学界常用的断代线索之一,背后对应的是周人对商代饮酒风气的收敛。

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