鸡首壶,又名天鸡壶,因壶嘴作鸡首状而得名。这种瓷器出现于三国时期,其前身是盘口双系壶,是西晋至唐初流行的一种瓷壶。尤其在东晋时期,鸡首壶成为我国南方普遍使用的一种酒具。因“鸡”与“吉”谐音,鸡首壶延续使用了数百年,反映出在六朝那段战乱频繁的年代里,人们对吉祥安宁生活的祈望。福建地区六朝时期考古发现的瓷器中,鸡首壶也是常见的 Chicken first pot, also known as the days of chicken, because of the spout for chicken named after the first. This porcelain appeared in the Three Kingdoms period, its predecessor is the mouth of double-line pot, is a popular Western Jin Dynasty to early Tang porcelain. Especially in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, chicken head pot became a commonly used wine in South China. Due to the homophonic “chicken” and “Ji”, the chicken pot has been used continuously for hundreds of years, reflecting the people’s hope for auspicious peace and tranquility in the era of frequent chaos in the Six Dynasties. In the porcelain found during the archeological excavations of the Six Dynasties in Fujian Province, chicken pots were also common