Animal-shaped zun wine vessel inlaid with malachite and turquoise, mid-Warring States period, c. 4th-3rd century BCE < Images < The National Palace Museum Open Data Platform

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Image Number: C1A000124N000000000PAD
Dynasty: Warring States period
Category: Bronzes
Function: 禮器,酒器
Material: 礦物/金屬/青銅
Description:
全器作牛形輪廓，立耳，深腹，器內底與足之間以銅封閉，未貫穿。器口為圓柱狀，四短蹄足，垂尾。器身充分表現獸形的肌理線條，以及軀體的壯碩結實。全器的裝飾重點在於犧首，目為銅瞳，眼眶由細銀絲勾勒，眉額嵌孔雀石，鼻間嵌綠松石，雙頰交錯銀絲形成面鬚，頸部以橢圓形的孔雀石和綠松石環繞為項圈，器身則由細銅絲盤轉勾繞，形成華麗姿態。牛背上的圓形開口，或原配有器蓋，於此可注入酒液，盛裝於中空的器腹，器物傾倒時，由張嘴的口部流出。現未見器蓋，清宮代之以鳥類、花卉圖案的金屬內膽。本器是乾隆三十四年(1769)頒賜國子監的「周笵