叶家山出土三足青铜器的地域特征分析

On the Regional Characteristics of Bronze Tripods from the Yejiashan Site

湖北随州叶家山遗址是一处西周早期的曾国墓地,出土了大批遗物,包括数量众多且铸造精美的青铜器。这批青铜器的总体特征与中原地区出土青铜器的风格相似,因此,多数学者认为,叶家山青铜器属典型西周文化性质,并无自身特征,不过,也有学者指出,那里仍有一些所谓的地域特征。本文对西周时期若干遗址出土的青铜器进行了实地观察和调研,并将其与叶家山出土青铜器进行比较研究。结果显示,叶家山出土三足青铜器中,桃圆形器口的器物为绝对主体。而其它地区西周遗址出土的青铜器中,仅山西翼城县大河口西周墓地与绛县横水西周墓地出土的青铜器中,有几件为桃圆形器口。基于此,叶家山出土的三足青铜器中,大多数器口为桃圆形,而这应属于地域特征。

The Zen State cemetery of the Early Western Zhou period at Yejiashan in Suizhou,Hubei,yielded a huge number of artifacts including many beautifully cast bronzes.The assemblage of these artifacts is stylistically similar to bronzes from the contemporary Central Plains.This article compares this bronze assemblage from Yejiashan with other bronzes of the Western Zhou period.The results show that most bronze tripods from Yejiashan have a peach-shaped mouth. Therefore,artifacts that have similar type of mouths should be considered as the regional characteristics of bronze tripods from Yejiashan.