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Jue wine vessel with inscription "Tu", late Shang dynasty, c. 13th-11th century BCE

• Image Number: C1A000064N000000000PAE
• Dynasty: Shang dynasty
• Category: Bronzes
• Function: 禮器,酒器
• Material: 礦物/金屬/青銅
• Description:
  腹深而卵底，流寬上揚，雙柱柱頂作笠帽形，三足略短。腹部飾獸面紋，有雲雷紋襯地。鋬上端作一浮雕的水牛頭紋。銘文一字，鑄於鋬內的腹壁上，是圖畫文字。考其像畫一手持刀，作屠宰豬體的形狀，應會意作「屠」字。