陶器中的擂钵在龙山和夏商时代已很流行,此后历代沿用,时至现今,在两湖等地仍属习见。据介绍,国外有的民族也曾发明或引入这种器具。凡此皆说明擂钵与人们生活之关系的密切。安家瑗、叶文宪两同志曾分别著文将各地发现的不同时代的擂钵,依形制特征的差异划分为三型八式和三型六式,比较全面系统地介绍了其基本状貌和演化轨迹。在就此器功用问题对以往某些 Earthenware bowl in the Longshan and Xia Shang era has been very popular, since ancient times, until now, is still common in the two lakes and other places. According to reports, some ethnic groups abroad have also invented or introduced such equipment. All this shows that the relationship between life and life is closely related. Two comrades, Anjiatsu and Ye Wenxian, respectively divided the texts of different ages found in different places into three types, eight types and three types and six types in accordance with the differences in the characteristics of their formations. They comprehensively and systematically introduced their basic features and evolutionary trajectories . On the function of this device some of the past