壶,从上古一种深腹、敛口的器物分化出来的,多用来盛水,也盛流质的汤泡饭之类。《韩非子·外储》中称“壶餐”的,据说就是一种用壶盛泡饭的大餐。但壶的主要功能是盛水,所以还是被归入水器。因为,水这种东西很难盛,古人发明了陶器以后,主要就是用来盛水。有汲水用的,大抵是种尖底的长形圆罐儿,甘肃马家窑出土的最精彩,如今就连假的都不难卖;有取水蓄水用的,腹部圆滚滚的,仰韶文 Kettle, from ancient times a deep belly, the mouth of the utensils differentiated, and more used to hold water, but also Sheng fluid soup and so on. “Han Feizi · External Storage” in the “pot meal”, is said to be a feast with a pot Sheng meal. But the main function of the pot is full of water, so still be classified as water. Because water is very difficult to hold such things, the ancients invented pottery, the main is used to hold water. There is a water-drawing, probably is the tip of the long round canister children, Gansu Majiayao unearthed the most exciting, and now even the fake are not difficult to sell; there is water with water, the abdomen is rolling, Yangshao Wen