试论殷商时期的鸟兽形青铜酒器

青铜酒器是我国商周青铜器中的重要一类,它的出现可追溯至夏代晚期,在河南省偃师二里头文化遗址中已发现有爵、等酒器。商王朝建立后,随着青铜铸造技术的发展,青铜酒器的种类大大增加,出了现觚、、尊、觥、卣、瓿、觯、方彝等新的器类。商代后期,在尊、觥、卣这三类酒器中,除常见的圆形或方形的造型外,又出现了一种模拟鸟兽等动物形象的新形制。

On Bronze Wine Vessels with Bird or Beast Shape of Shang Period

The bronze wine vessels with bird or beast shape,occurred in the middle Shang Dynasty and were popular in the late Shang Dynasty,which can be classified as bird vessels and beast ones.These vessels with bird or beast shape were not only practical tools in daily life,but also sacrificial vessels in the sacrifice ritual.