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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.170.112
Title
Tripod cauldron (li)
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 夏家店下層文化 陶鬲
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 2000-1500 BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Inner Mongolia (Nei Menggu)
Period
Lower Xiajiadian culture, c. 2000-1500 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/182445

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gray earthenware
Dimensions
H. 17.3 x W. 14.4 cm (6 13/16 x 5 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, March 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
2006.170.112
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Tripod cauldron with hollow, conical legs, short neck, and wide, and flared mouth with rounded lip; the sides embellished with three round bosses evenly spaced around the widest part of the shoulders and positioned between the legs; medium gray earthenware with yellowish chalky patina. Lower Xiajiadian culture. From northeastern China; Inner Mongolia.
Commentary
Compare to:
Tripod vessel of similar form, with raised bosses above the juncture of the legs, excavated in 1974 from a Lower Xiajiadian culture site at Dadianzi, Chifeng, Aohan banner, Inner Mongolia. See Dadianzi: Xiajiadian xiaceng wenhua yizhi yu mudi fajue baogao [Dadianzi: Excavations of the Residence and Cemetery of the Lower Xiajiadian Culture] (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 1998), pl. 27.4.

Publication History

  • Ancient Chinese Ceramics & Tomb Sculpture, March 20 to April 8, 2000, auct. cat., J.J. Lally & Co. (New York, NY, 2000), no. 7

Subjects and Contexts

  • Sedgwick Collection

Verification Level

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