Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.155: 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"Tripod cauldron (ding) , 2006.170.155,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 17, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/176955. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.155 Title Tripod cauldron (ding) Other Titles Original Language Title: 戰國 原始瓷鼎 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 5th-4th century BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Zhejiang Province Period Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/176955 Physical Descriptions Medium Proto porcelain: stoneware with ash glaze Dimensions H. 19.8 x W. (across handles) 20.1 x Diam. 20.6 cm (7 13/16 x 7 15/16 x 8 1/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Uragami Sokyu-do Co., Ltd., Tokyo, July 2000] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2000-2006), 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 Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.170.155 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 two U-shaped handles rising vertically from the rim supported by three slightly splayed footed legs; light gray stoneware with thin layer of ash glaze. Commentary Compare to: (1) Proto-porcelain “ding” vessel of closely related form and glazing excavated from a Warring States period site at Shangzao village, Shaoxing county, Zhejiang province, now in the Shaoxing Office for Preservation and Management of Cultural Relics. See Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji [Complete Collection of Chinese Ceramics Unearthed in China], vol. 9: Zhejiang (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 2008), no. 10. (2) Ceramic “ding” type tripod vessel of similar form but without ash glaze excavated in 2011 from a Warring States period earth mound tomb at the Taozhuang site in Xinshi town, Dangtu county, Anhui province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 10 (2013): 30, fig. 11. Subjects and Contexts Sedgwick Collection 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
