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Square gu wine breaker with inscription "Ya chou", late Shang dynasty, c. 12th-11th century BCE

• Image Number: C1A001527N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Shang dynasty
• Category: Bronzes
• Function: 酒器,禮器
• Material: 礦物/金屬/青銅
• Description:
  器呈方形，侈口，高足外撇。紋飾分為三段。脰部飾蕉葉紋，下為四瓣目紋；器腹為獸面紋；足上有一周四瓣目紋，下為獸面紋。紋飾均以雲雷紋襯地。脰、腹、足上皆有高鼓而粗厚的扉稜。全器器壁厚實，鑄造精美，紋飾細緻。器內壁有「亞醜」銘。