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Tripod cauldron (li) with strap handle

Tripod cauldron (li) with strap handle

VesselsChinese3rd millennium BCE

Tripod cauldron (li) with strap handle

Keshengzhuang II phase, c. 2500-2000 BCE

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.

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Gray earthenware with cord-marked decor

Culture

Chinese

Period

Neolithic period, Longshan culture, c. 3000-1900 BCE

Century

3rd millennium BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

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

[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.

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