c. 2000-1500 BCE
Elongated tripod vessel of cylindrical form raised on three short conical feet and with wide, flared mouth; medium gray earthenware burnished to a smooth black surface. Vessels of this shape are unique to Lower Xiajiadian culture, whose type site of Xiajiadian is in Dadianzi, near Chifeng, eastern Inner Mongolia, northeastern China.
H. 25.8 x W. 11.5 x Diam. 16.3 cm (10 3/16 x 4 1/2 x 6 7/16 in.)
[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, October 1998] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1998-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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