Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.111: Tripod cooking vessel (li) 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 cooking vessel (li) , 2006.170.111,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/196998. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.111 Title Tripod cooking vessel (li) Other Titles Original Language Title: 夏家店下層文化 陶鬲 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date c. 2000-1500 BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Inner Mongolia (Nei Menggu) Period Lower Xiajiadian culture, c. 2000-1500 BCE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/196998 Physical Descriptions Medium Gray earthenware Dimensions H. 25.8 x W. 11.5 x Diam. 16.3 cm (10 3/16 x 4 1/2 x 6 7/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [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. 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 2006.170.111 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 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. Commentary Compare to: (1) Tripod vessel of the same form but with cold-painted decor excavated from a Lower Xiajiadian tomb site at Dadianzi, Chifeng, Aohan Banner, Inner Mongolia, now in the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing. See Zhongguo taoci quanji [The Complete Works of Chinese Ceramics], vol. 2: Xia, Shang, Zhou, Chunqiu, Zhanguo [Xia, Shang, Zhou, Spring and Autumn, and Warring States periods] (Shanghai: Shanghai renmin meishu chubanshe, 2000), no. 81, pp. 95 and 249. (2) Tripod vessel of similar form and size and with burnished surface excavated from the same site mentioned above. See Kaogu jinghua Zhongguo shehui kexueyuan kaogu yanjiusuo jiansuo sishinian jinian [Select Archaeological Finds, Album to the 40th Anniversary of the Founding of the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences] (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 1993), 131, fig. 103.2. 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
