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Western Zhou Li

(lì) is an ancient cooking utensil, with pottery and bronze pipes. The picture shows a bronze beard from the Western Zhou Dynasty, with a wide folded edge, a neck folded shoulder, a round belly, three hollow bag-like feet, and a deformed animal body pattern ornament on the shoulder. The bottom of this bronze beard in the collection has obvious traces of fire and smoke, which can determine that this bronze beard was an edible vessel at that time. According to relevant literature, bronze beard is mainly a cooking utensil, when used, under the three bag-like feet directly burned fire to cook, because the foot is hollow, and the body of the beard, which can expand its heating area, faster cooking food, based on the pipe is to cook porridge rice, based on this function, the shape of the vessel can not be too large, otherwise it is still easy to scorch.