Phoenix pattern wine vessel with handle

Bronze ware from the Western Zhou Dynasty
Total height 23.5 cm, belly diameter 16 cm

Excavated from Hengshui Cemetery in Jiangxian County in 2006

The lid and body of the vessel are fastened with a mother-and-child joint, and the lid and the inner bottom are cast with the four-character inscription "作宝尊沂". The handle has two animal heads, and the beams are decorated with four groups of deformed animal patterns, divided by square protrusions. The lid is oval, with a circular handle on the lid, decorated with two groups of opposite phoenix patterns, and the edge of the lid is decorated with wavy patterns. The belly is bulging and drooping, with a ring foot, and the body is decorated with three groups of patterns, and the whole body is based on cloud and thunder patterns.