裸人铜方椟

Bronze Casket with Nude Figures

山东博物馆藏裸人铜方椟，通高11．6厘米，长12厘米，宽7．5厘米，重875克。传说清朝末年出土于山东莒县。裸人铜方椟最初由清末莒县收藏家庄恩泽所有，1951年其后人捐献给山东博物馆。

The bronze casket with nude figures collected by Shandong Museum is 11.6 cm high, 12 cm long, 7.5 cm wide, and weighs 875 grams. Legendhas it that this casket wasunearthed in Ju County, Shandong at the end of the Qjng Dynasty. This casket initially was owned by a famous collector of that period named Zhuang Enze. In 1951, the descendants of Zhuang Enze donated it to the Shandong Museum. At the four corners of the casket and two opposite sides, there are six figures carrying the casket with their backs serving as the legs of the casket, On the lid of the casket, there are two figures--one nude man and one nude woman. The two figures sit opposite each other and the man＇s erect penis is visible. Judging from the patterns of the casket, it was made during the late period of the Western Zhou Dynasty and the early period of the Spring and Autumn period.