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宋 青銅饕餮紋爵杯帶蓋 Cast with a deep U-shaped body encircled with a taotie band, interrupted by three crest-shaped flanges, with a loop handle issuing from the mouth of an animal head, the flared neck rising to form the pouring spout and exaggerated lip, fitted with a cover cast with two pairs of opposing flanges, all supported on three blade-form legs. Song Dynasty period. Height: 12 2/8 in (31.0 cm) Length: 9 1/2 in (24.0 cm) Width: 5 3/4 in (14.5 cm) Provenance: Property from an important private Southern California collection 《說文解字》云:「爵,禮器也。像爵之形,中有鬯酒,又持之也,所以飲」,故可知爵杯是中國青銅器中典型的酒禮器。銅爵始見於二里頭文化,是目前所知最早出現的酒器,通行至西周。此件青銅爵配蓋,流部寬厚上翹,杯體為圓卵形,腹部出脊,三足作等腰三角形分佈外撇,造型穩定。腹部裝飾以雲雷紋為地的獸面紋,獸面紋雙目圓凸。此爵杯器型規整,紋飾頗為精緻,包漿古潤,應為典型宋代仿古器物。來源: 南加州重要私人收藏