Ge Xiao You Incense Burner
Product Overview
– Name: Ge Owl You Tea Caddy / Ge Owl You Incense Burner (Ge Xiaoyou Chacang / Ge Xiaoyou Xianglu)
– Form: Original Design (Archaic Bronze Style)
– Note: A creative reinterpretation of the Shang dynasty wine vessel “Ge Owl You,” produced in two versions: tea caddy and incense burner
Form Origins
The Owl You (Xiao You) is a typical late Shang dynasty bronze wine vessel—xiao (鸮) means owl, and you (卣) is a wine container. The owl was regarded in the Shang dynasty as a symbol of the war god and a ward against evil—the “Fu Hao Owl Zun” unearthed from Fu Hao’s tomb at Yinxu is the most famous owl-shaped bronze vessel. The Ge Owl You is named after the “Ge” (戈) inscription cast on the body. Its form depicts an owl standing upright with head raised, eyes wide open—majestic and mysterious.
Transforming a three-thousand-year-old bronze ritual vessel into tea ceremony utensils is a contemporary expression of “vessels as carriers of the Way”—the tea caddy continues the original function of “containing,” while the incense burner version adds openwork to the tea caddy base, endowing it with new ritual significance.
¥99.00
Description
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