In different historical periods, there exist various wine vessels. The development of the wine vessel coincides with the economic development in ancient China. It has a long history of more than 7000 or 8000 years.

Generally speaking, its development has experienced five stages:

The first stage is the New Stone Age (about 8000 years ago) – Pottery wine vessel.

The second one is the Xia, Shang and Western Zhou Dynasties (2033BC? ~771BC) – Bronze wine vessel. A large number of great works appeared during this period, such as the Four Sheep Rectangular Zun.

Then the next stage is the period of Eastern Zhou, Qin and Han Dynasties (770BC~220) – Lacquer wine vessel. Later, the porcelain wine vessels also appeared at this period.

During the Sui and Tang dynasties (581~907), wine vessels made of Gold and silver wine vessel, which looked really brilliant, emerged and became popular later.

The last stage is during the period of Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties (960~1911) – Porcelain wine vessel was in the mainstream status, while the vessels made of gold and silver were relegated to a secondary position.