‘JIUZUN’ VESSEL FOR CEREAL WINE

Description The vessel has a rather deep, classic shape, with a flattened hemispherical belly and a flat base with a slight external modeling. It has a broad, flat, everted lip, slightly curved upwards. It rests on three short, round-legged feet that emerge from the jaws of applied masks: due to their small ears and tufts of fur under their cheeks they can be interpreted as tiger heads. Three other zoomorphic masks (pushou) with raised rings are placed in the center of the belly of the pelvis, each halfway between one foot and the other. The rest of the decoration is obtained by directly engraving the surface of the jiuzun (a basin used for libations with cereal wine).