2006.170.103: Tripod cauldron (li)
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2006.170.103
- Title
- Tripod cauldron (li)
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: 龍山文化 灰陶鬲
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- c. 3000-1900 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Neolithic period, Longshan culture, c. 3000-1900 BCE
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/197058
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Gray earthenware
- Dimensions
- H. 19.4 x Diam. 17.5 cm (7 5/8 x 6 7/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
[Zentner, San Francisco, 1998] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1998-2006) 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
- 2006.170.103
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Tripod cooking vessel raised on three pouched, hollow, conical legs and with two handles in the form of twisted cords; light gray earthenware with applique handles. Longshan culture. From the middle Yellow River valley region; Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, or Hebei province.
Subjects and Contexts
- Sedgwick Collection
Verification Level
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