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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.170.106
Title
Tripod cauldron (li) with strap handle
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 龍山文化 灰陶鬲
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
Keshengzhuang II phase, c. 2500-2000 BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Shaanxi province
Period
Neolithic period, Longshan culture, c. 3000-1900 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/176965

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gray earthenware with cord-marked decor
Dimensions
H. 13.3 x W. 12.5 x Diam. 15.9 cm (5 1/4 x 4 15/16 x 6 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, September 2000] 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 Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
Accession Year
2006
Object Number
2006.170.106
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Tripod cooking vessel raised on three pouched, hollow, conical legs and with wide, indented neck, and broad strap handle attached from rim to the top of one leg; deeply textured markings on the legs and the bulging sides; decorated with two small bosses at the top of the handle and larger bosses at the top of the two other legs; light gray earthenware with cord-impressed and applique decoration. Longshan culture, Keshengzhuang II culture; from the middle Yellow River region, probably Shaanxi province.
Commentary
Compare to:
Gray earthenware tripod vessels of closely related form, with wide mouth and single strap handle attributed to the Keshengzhuang II culture discovered at a site near the Feng River, twenty kilometers southwest of Xi’an, Shaanxi province. See Fengxi fajue baogao: 1955-1957 nian [Excavations at Feng Hsi (1955-1957)] (Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe, 1963).

Subjects and Contexts

  • Sedgwick Collection

Verification Level

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