Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.102: Tripod steamer (yan) Vessels Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Tripod steamer (yan) , 2006.170.102,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 19, 2025, https://hvrd.art/o/190929. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.102 Title Tripod steamer (yan) Other Titles Original Language Title: 山東龍山文化 灰陶甗 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date c. 2600-2000 BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Shandong province Period Neolithic period, Shandong Longshan culture, c. 2600-2000 BCE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/190929 Physical Descriptions Medium Earthenware Dimensions H. 33.8 x Diam. 21.9 cm (13 5/16 x 8 5/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [J.J. Lally & Co., New York, March 1999] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1999-2006), 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 2006.170.102 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 cooking vessel known as a yan, the upper half in the form of a wide-mouthed cauldron with everted rim and two lug handles, the lower half globular in shape and raised on three small legs; buff earthenware with medium gray skin and applique handles. Longshan culture; from Shandong province. Commentary Compare to: Gray earthenware steamers of similar form excavated from a Longshan site at Sanlihe, Jiaoxian, Shandong province. See Zhongguo shehui kexueyuan kaogu yanjiusuo [Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences], Jiaoxian Sanlihe [Report on the Excavation of the Sanlihe Site] (Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe, 1988), pl. 58:1 and 65.2. 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
