The archaic ritual ewer is of baluster form, the globular body cast with bull masks, with similar motif handles and lid, additional curled dragon knob mounted on top.|Western Zhou Dynasty period.||Height: 16 in (40.6 cm) Width: 11 in (27.9 cm)|西周時期 青銅牛紋壺|此銅壺以銅為材，鑄造精良，包漿厚重，保存完好。銅壺帶蓋，雕寶平形，蓋頂遍刻獸頭紋。壺口處飾有牛圖紋一周，古雅清致。頸口自然內收，頸部飾有玄紋，兩側有半環形耳， 耳上飾有牛首，姿態張揚。頸腹之間以牛圖紋分隔，接近足底兩側有半環形耳，圈足處亦然。收藏價值意義不言而喻。