Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.106: Tripod cauldron (li) with strap handle Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Tripod cauldron (li) with strap handle , 2006.170.106,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/176965. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.106 Title Tripod cauldron (li) with strap handle Other Titles Original Language Title: 龍山文化 灰陶鬲 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date Keshengzhuang II phase, c. 2500-2000 BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Shaanxi province Period Neolithic period, Longshan culture, c. 3000-1900 BCE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/176965 Physical Descriptions Medium Gray earthenware with cord-marked decor 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 Recorded Ownership History [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. 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 2006.170.106 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 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. Commentary Compare to: Gray earthenware tripod vessels of closely related form, with wide mouth and single strap handle attributed to the Keshengzhuang II culture discovered at a site near the Feng River, twenty kilometers southwest of Xi’an, Shaanxi province. See Fengxi fajue baogao: 1955-1957 nian [Excavations at Feng Hsi (1955-1957)] (Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe, 1963). 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
