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He vessels are thought to have been used to mix wine. He with a lobed body and four feet,
such as the present vessel, frst appeared in the late Yinxu period and were popular in
the early Western Zhou dynasty. A similar he found in Liujiazhuang Beidi M1046 in Anyang city, is
illustrated by Yue Hongbin ed., Ritual Bronzes Recently Excavated in Yinxu, Kunming, 2008, p. 405,
no. 222. The famous early Western Zhou bronze Ke He features a shape very similar to that of the
Fujita he. See Wu Zhenfeng, Shangzhou qingtongqi mingwen ji tuxiang jicheng (Complete Collection
of Inscriptions and Images of the Shang and Zhou Bronzes), vol. 26, Shanghai, 2012, p. 207, no. 14789.
The Ke He inscription records the establishment of the feudal state of Yan in the early Western Zhou
period. The Nezu Museum has a he vessel of similar shape with relief animal masks, but its shoulder,
spout, and handle are undecorated, see ibid, p. 20, no. 14599.

四足圓腹的盉出現於殷墟晚期，考古發現的例子可見安陽劉家莊北地M1046出土的四足盉，載於昆明
2008年出版《殷墟新出土青銅器》，405頁，編號222。西周時期著名的克盉（太保盉）亦為這一器形，其
銘文記載了分封燕國的史實，為西周早期器，見吳鎮烽著《商周青銅器銘文暨圖像集成》，卷26，207頁，編
號 1478 9。根 津美 術 館 藏 有一 件 相 似 的四 足 盉，頸 部 亦 飾 一 對 浮 雕 獸 頭，惟 器 身、流 及 鋬 光 素 無 紋，見前 揭
書，20頁，編號14599。

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