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Square ding cauldron with Ya Chou emblem, late Shang to early Western Zhou period, c. 12th-10th century BCE

• Image Number: K1A002344N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Shang dynasty
• Category: Bronzes
• Function: 食器,禮器
• Material: 礦物/金屬/青銅
• Description:
  方形器身，平折沿，直立耳，平底，柱足。器身有八道扉棱，器腹飾夔鳳紋及獸面紋，柱足飾變形蟬紋。此類方鼎流行於商代晚期至西周早期，與陜西寶雞金臺區長青村墓葬出土方鼎相似。銘文鑄於器內底。亞醜族氏銘文銅器多見，山東青州蘇埠屯商代晚期墓葬曾多次出土亞醜青銅器。