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Lei wine vessel with whorl pattern, late Shang to early Western Zhou period, c. 12th-10th century BCE

• Image Number: C1A000052N000000000PAD
• Dynasty: Shang dynasty
• Category: Bronzes
• Function: 禮器,酒器
• Material: 礦物/金屬/青銅
• Description:
  束頸，圓肩、深腹，下腹斜收，圈足外移，傷缺一處，兩側肩頭有牛首銜環耳，前下腹內側有牛首環形捉手。觀此器形，兩側有鋬，下腹又置一捉手，好似古時汲取井水用的器皿。器肩飾圓渦紋六，頸飾弦紋二道，餘皆素地。本件器物是乾隆三十四年(1769)頒賜國子監的「周笵十器」之一，名之為「周犧首罍」。