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AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL FOOD The origin of the dou can be traced back to Compare the shape and fine decoration and
VESSEL AND COVER, DOU the shallow pottery tazza of the Longshan its arrangement on the present vessel with a
Eastern Zhou Dynasty culture during the late Neolithic Period. related bronze dou, late Spring and Autumn
The bowl raised on a high stem, the body The form continued to be in common use period, 6th century BC, illustrated by J.So,
cast with stylised dragons beneath two bands throughout the Shang and Zhou dynasties. It Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M.
of densely arranged S-scrolls, the sides set was in the Western Zhou period that attempts Sackler Collections, London, 1996, no.24.
with a pair of loop handles, the same design were made to embellish the simple pottery A similar bronze ritual food vessel and cover,
repeated on the cover surrounding the everted form by fashioning it from lacquer over a dou, 6th century BC, was sold at Christie’s
finial decorated with interlacing designs, the wood core, or casting it in bronze. Bronze New York, 19 September 2013, lot 1108.
pale green patina with scattered malachite versions of the dou vessel, such as the present
encrustations. example, the standard shape being shallow 豆為食器，新石器時代晚期的龍山文化即有
20cm (8in) high. bowls with straight vertical sides rising from 黑陶陶豆出土，商周時期，青銅豆得以大量
tall pedestal feet, are likely to have developed 使用。青銅豆延續了陶豆類高足盤的形制，
£15,000 - 20,000 during the Western Zhou period (1047-772 約於西周時期逐漸演化出上為淺碗形盤、中
CNY140,000 - 180,000 BC). Archaeological excavations suggest that 呈柱形柄、柄下圈足的標準器型；東周時期
the further refinement of the domed lid and 更常見穹頂形蓋及環耳。東周以後，豆逐漸
the lug handles were added to the vessel at
東周 青銅蟠虺紋豆 the beginning of the Eastern Zhou period. 取代簋的地位，成為祭祀儀式中盛放黍稷等
During the Eastern Zhou dynasty, dou vessels 穀物的重要禮器。見蘇芳淑著，《Eastern
Provenance: gradually replaced their gui counterpart to Zhou Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler
An important European private collection become the most essential grain containers Collections》，倫敦，1996年，頁179-180。
in a ritual vessel set; see J.So, Eastern Zhou 本例主體飾蟠虺紋，細緻繁密，交錯往復，
來源： Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler 應為模印壓製而成，是東周青銅紋飾的典型
歐洲重要私人收藏 Collections, London, 1996, pp.179-180. 風格。形制及紋飾相關的他例可參考一件
春秋晚期，公元前六世紀青銅豆，見蘇芳
The present vessel is a fine example of grain 淑著，《Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes in the
receptacles used in ritual performances to Arthur M. Sackler Collections》，倫敦，1996
worship the ancestors during the Eastern 年，編號24。另可比較一例相似的春秋晚
Zhou Period (771-256 BC). 期，公元前六世紀青銅豆，售於紐約佳士
得，2013年9月19日，拍品編號1108。

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