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Jue wine vessel with inscription "Bi gui", late Shang period, c. 13th-11th century BCE

• Image Number: C1A000145N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Shang dynasty
• Category: Bronzes
• Function: 禮器,酒器
• Material: 礦物/金屬/青銅
• Description:
  本爵腹深卵圓底，底中央有鑄補痕跡，流寬，短柱在近喉處，柱頂作笠帽形，耳鋬如彎板條，三足略短。腹飾獸面紋，雙眼凸起，柱帽作旋渦紋，通體多綠銹，掩失原有金黃本色。鋬內腹壁鑄有「畢龜」二字族徽，應屬「畢龜」之官的家族所製，為宗廟內祭祀祖先而製的溫酒禮器。