铜鐎斗的器形演变及用途考

A Study of the Evolution and Use of the Bronze Jiaodou Boiling Vessel

鐎斗是汉至唐代墓葬中常见的器物。通过对铜鐎斗的综合研究,根据柄部的不同,可将这种器物分为四类,其器形变化清晰,地域分布明确,具有一定规律性。铜鐎斗兴起于汉代,盛行于六朝,至唐代趋于消亡。根据器形和分布范围的变化,以及出土器物的组合,并结合中国饮茶习俗的发展历程,推断铜鐎斗应为煮茶的器具。

The jiaodou is a type of vessel frequently seen in tombs of the Han to the Tang periods. There are bronze, iron, pottery and porcelain products. A comprehensive study of the examples known so far suggests that they can be divided into four categories, which show clear evolutionary lines in form, distinct regionalism in distribution and a certain law in alteration. The bronze jiaodou must have been originated in the Han period, prevailed in the Six Dynasties age and tended to vanish in the Tang period. According to its changing law in form and distribution and its function in the combination of funeral objects and in the light of the developmental course of tea drinking custom in China, it can be inferred that the bronze jiaodou must have been a tea boiling vessel.