The Erligang Culture period was an important stage in the emergence and development of bronze-imitated pottery.Influenced by the bronze culture,potters made pottery by modifying attach-ments or decorative beast-face motifs,resulting in bronze-imitated pottery.This pottery encompasses nearly all types of ceramics,with similar functions and uses;however,its forms differ significantly from bronze ritual vessels,indicating that the use of bronze-imitated pottery does not necessarily serve as a maker of burial status.By Phase Ⅳ of the Erligang Cultural period,the distribution of bronze-imitated pottery contracted due to the constraints of the bronze ritual system,leading to a gradual simplification and eventual disappearance of beast-face motifs.Consequently,the decline of bronze-imitated pottery was inevitable.Thus,there is a fundamental distinction between bronze-imitated pottery of the Erligang culture and bronze-imitated ritual vessels that emerged during Phase Ⅳ of the Yinxu period due to ritual requirements.
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二里冈文化/仿铜陶器/功能/使用方式
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Erligang culture/bronze-imitated pottery/function/pattern of use
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