Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.195.A-B: Covered tripod cauldron (ding) Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Covered tripod cauldron (ding) , 2006.170.195.A-B,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 20, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/174176. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.195.A-B Title Covered tripod cauldron (ding) Other Titles Original Language Title: 西漢 绿釉陶鼎 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 1st century BCE-early 1st century CE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Han dynasty, Western Han period, 206 BCE-9 CE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/174176 Physical Descriptions Medium Earthenware with green lead glaze Technique Lead glaze Dimensions H. 17.5 x W. (across handles) 24.6 x Diam. 20.1 cm (6 7/8 x 9 11/16 x 7 15/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, May 2001] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2001-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of the Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation and partial purchase through the Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.170.195.A-B Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Tripod cauldron with three legs in the form of crouching bears, wide S-form handles, and domed cover with decoration of animals; red earthenware with lead-fluxed, emerald-green glaze over molded decoration; the base of the feet and the underside of the cover unglazed. One of a set of eight funerary vessels (2006.170.192-199). Commentary Compare to: (1) Yellow-green lead-glazed covered ‘ding’ with virtually identical decoration excavated in 2004 from a late Western Han brick tomb near in Xi’an, Shaanxi province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 10 (2012): 195, pl. 1. (2) Green lead-glazed ‘ding’ storage jar with closely related decoration excavated in 2007 from a Xin dynasty (9 – 23 CE) brick tomb in Zhangjiabao near Xi’an, Shaanxi province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 5 (2009): 11-12, figs. 13-14. (3) Green lead-glazed covered ‘ding’ with very similar decoration excavated in 1956 from a late Western Han brick tomb near Hansenzhai village, Xi’an, Shaanxi province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 5 (1960): 72, pl. 2. Subjects and Contexts Sedgwick Collection Related Works 2006.170.194.A-B Covered tripod cauldron (ding) Vessels 2006.170.197.A-B Cylindrical tripod vessel (lian) with conical lid Vessels 2006.170.198.A-B Cylindrical tripod vessel (lian) with domed cover Vessels 2006.170.192 Long-necked jar (hu) Vessels 2006.170.193 Long-necked jar (hu) Vessels 2006.170.199.A-B Cylindrical tripod vessel (lian) with domed cover Vessels 2006.170.196.A-B Cylindrical tripod vessel (lian) with conical lid Vessels Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
