器奉仪礼——夏代陶礼器的造型与装饰特征

Vessel Design Serves the Purpose of Ritual Ceremony——Shape and Decoration Characteristics of Pottery Ritual Vessels in Xia Dynasty

夏代礼制是后世成熟礼仪体系的根基所在,对陶礼器的造物设计产生了重要影响。夏代陶礼器相对普通陶器而言使用更为精美的工艺,拥有一般器物少有的造型、装饰,在新的时代背景下呈现出不同的风貌。夏代陶礼器的造物设计中映射出礼制文化色彩,陶礼器的造型具有抽象表意的特点,装饰也具有了象征意味,符号性特征更加明显,形成了“越有形而诉表意”的礼器观念。

The ritual system of Xia Dynasty,the foundation of the mature ritual system of later generations,has an important influence on the design of pottery ritual vessel.Compared with ordinary pottery,the pottery ritual vessels of Xia Dynasty use more exquisite technology,and have shapes and decoration patterns that were rarely used in ordinary ones.Thus they present different features in the new era.The design of the pottery ritual vessel in Xia Dynasty reflects the cultural color of ritual system.The shape of the pottery ritual vessel is characterized by abstract meaning expression,and the decoration is also characterized by symbolic meaning,which forms the concept of“the more tangible it is,the more expressive it is”.