Tripod cauldron (li)
c. 2000-1500 BCE
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.
Dimensions
H. 17.3 x W. 14.4 cm (6 13/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Provenance
[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.
Related Artworks
View MorePunch'ŏng ware with inlaid decoration and brushed white slip
15th centuryKoreanExport blue-and-white ware: porcelain with mold-impressed designs and decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
18th centuryChineseSilver, glass
18th centuryBritishPorcelain with overglaze red, green, and gold enamels
18th centuryJapaneseMolded celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded decoration
12th centuryKoreanLeaded bronze
7th-4th century BCEItalicNorthern russet ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze
12th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt-blue
15th centuryVietnameseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekCeramic
9th-10th centuryIraqiFritware painted with black (chromium), turquoise (copper), blue (cobalt), brownish-red (iron), and pink (iron and tin) over white lead alkali glaze opacified with tin, and gilded.
12th-13th century