尊是一种陶瓷容器的统称，在先秦时用作酒器，也有用于祭祀。尊通常的形状是敞口、折沿、圆腹，在长江流域、黄河流域，新石器时代各大文化遗址中均有出土，多为陶质，外表上加有各种印纹以做装饰。一般体型均较巨大，估计应为固定安放的器物。

 Zun is a general term for ceramic containers. It was used as a wine vessel and also as a sacrifice in the pre Qin period. Zun's usual shape is open, folded and round. It is found in the Yangtze River Basin, the Yellow River Basin, and all the major cultural sites of the Neolithic age. Most of them are made of pottery, with various patterns added to the surface for decoration. Generally, they are large in size, so it is estimated that they should be fixed objects.

 

商代中期以后尊的形制稍有变化，侈口、粗颈、折肩、俭腹，底足也相对抬高，出现原始青瓷制品。南北朝时器型变得修长端庄，外加纹饰也复杂化。到了北宋中后期，尊的功用渐生变化，装饰的功能已超过实用，而自元以后基本上已无任何实用功能了。清代景德镇烧制了许多尊的变体，如观音尊，石榴尊，鱼篓尊，无档尊等，均是装饰陈列用瓷，或为皇宫之内的观赏器。

 After the middle period of Shang Dynasty, the shape of Zun changed a little, such as extravagant mouth, thick neck, folded shoulder, thrifty belly, and the bottom foot was also relatively raised. In the northern and Southern Dynasties, the shape of the utensils became slender and dignified, and the pattern was also complicated. By the middle and later period of the Northern Song Dynasty, the function of Zun had gradually changed, and the function of decoration had surpassed that of utility, but since the Yuan Dynasty, there had been basically no practical function. In the Qing Dynasty, Jingdezhen fired many varieties of Zun, such as Guanyin Zun, pomegranate Zun, fish basket Zun, no file Zun, etc., all of which were decorative display porcelain or ornaments in the imperial palace.

一般民间区分尊和瓶是视其口与足的比例来判定的：口大足小称为尊，口小足大称为瓶。当然，这只是民间的说法，其实并不尽然，如清代康熙年豇豆红釉莱菔尊、太白尊就与一般的瓶无二致，只不过器型较为特殊一点罢了。

Generally, the folk distinction between Zun and bottle is based on the proportion of mouth and foot: big mouth and small foot are called Zun, small mouth and large foot are called bottle. Of course, it's just a folk saying, but it's not always true. For example, the cowpea red glaze radish Zun and Taibai Zun in the Kangxi year of the Qing Dynasty are the same as ordinary bottles, but the shape of the utensils is a little more special.

 

其形制为敞口，粗颈、深腹、圜底、圈足。商代有原始青瓷尊，北朝青釉仰覆莲花尊形体高大精美，颇为富丽。宋以后瓷尊盛行，用于盛酒或做宫廷陈设用器，如汝窑三足尊、出戟尊。清景德镇窑产品丰富，有苹果尊、鱼篓尊、石榴尊、太白尊、马蹄尊、络子尊、萝卜尊、观音尊、牛头尊等等。

 Its shape is open, thick neck, deep abdomen, round bottom and round foot. In the Shang Dynasty, there were primitive celadon statues, while in the Northern Dynasty, the lotus statues covered with blue glazes were tall, exquisite and rich. After the Song Dynasty, porcelain Zun prevailed, which was used to hold wine or make palace furnishings, such as Ru kiln tripod Zun and Chu halberd Zun. Jingdezhen kiln is rich in products, including apple Zun, fish basket Zun, pomegranate Zun, Taibai Zun, horseshoe Zun, complex son Zun, radish Zun, Guanyin Zun, Niutou Zun, etc.

在中国的历史长河中，尊的历史是非常悠久的。新石器时代的尊为能陶制，器形为敞口、粗颈、深腹、圈足、圜底。商代流行青瓷尊，最初是一种大中型盛酒和祭祀的礼器。尊与彝一样，原是成组礼器的共称，宋朝之后才开始专指一类器物，其基本造型是侈口、长颈、圆腹或方腹，高圈足。商代早中期的尊均有肩，以圆体尊为主。商晚期至西周早期有方形尊和觚形尊。西周时，又出现了垂腹的圆尊。

 In the long history of China, Zun has a very long history. In the Neolithic age, it was made of pottery, with the shape of open mouth, thick neck, deep abdomen, round foot and round bottom. Celadon was popular in the Shang Dynasty. It was originally a large and medium-sized ritual vessel for wine and sacrifice. Zun, like Yi, was originally a collective name for ritual utensils. Only after the Song Dynasty, it began to refer to a kind of utensils. Its basic shape was mouth wasting, long neck, round belly or square belly, with high circle feet. In the early and middle period of the Shang Dynasty, there were shoulders in respect of all the venerable figures. From the late Shang Dynasty to the early Western Zhou Dynasty, there were square and Gu shaped statues. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, there was another round Buddha with a drooping belly.

 

原始青瓷尊早在商代中期就已出现，南北朝时期尊形变得修长端庄，装饰也开始变得复杂。宋代以后，瓷尊开始盛行，用于盛酒或做宫廷陈设用器，一般特点是比瓶矮，敞口，粗腰，口大于腹或口底相若，如汝窑尊、出戟尊。北宋中后期，尊的功用逐渐开始变化，由原来的实用功能为主转装饰功能为主。

 The primitive celadon Zun appeared as early as the middle of Shang Dynasty. In the southern and Northern Dynasties, the Zun became slender and dignified, and the decoration began to become complicated. After the Song Dynasty, porcelain Zun began to be popular. It was used to hold wine or make palace furnishings. Its general characteristics were shorter than the bottle, open mouth, thick waist, mouth larger than the belly or mouth bottom similar, such as Ruyao Zun and halberd Zun. In the middle and later period of the Northern Song Dynasty, the function of Zun began to change from the original practical function to the decorative function.

 

自元代以后，尊基本上已无任何实用功能了。清代景德镇的瓷尊式样最为丰富多彩，烧制了许多尊与尊的变体，如观音尊、苹果尊是、鱼篓尊、太白尊、萝卜尊、摇铃尊、莱菔尊、鹿头尊、凤尾尊、石榴尊、络子尊等等，均为陈设用瓷，或为皇宫内廷的观赏器物，以颜色釉和彩绘品种为常见。

 Since the Yuan Dynasty, Zun has basically no practical function. Jingdezhen in the Qing Dynasty had the most colorful porcelain statues, firing many kinds of statues and statues, such as guanyinzun, apple Zunshi, Yulan Zun, Taibai Zun, radish Zun, ringing Zun, Raphan Zun, deer head Zun, Phoenix Tail Zun, pomegranate Zun, complex son Zun, etc., which were used for furnishing or ornamental objects of the Imperial Palace, with color glaze and painted varieties as common.