1984.161: Globular 'Ding' Tripod with Three Quadrilateral Legs

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1984.161

Title

Globular 'Ding' Tripod with Three Quadrilateral Legs

Other Titles

Alternate Title: ting

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

3300-2000 BCE

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, China, Zhejiang Province

Period

Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture, c. 3300-2200 BCE

Culture

Chinese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/201532

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gray earthenware, the surface blackened and burnished before firing

Dimensions

18.3 x 18.7 x 17.2 cm (7 3/16 x 7 3/8 x 6 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Mr. and Mrs. Fritz W. Bilfinger.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art in honor of Professor Max Loehr

Accession Year

1984

Object Number

1984.161

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Sidney M. Kaplan, "Early Pottery from the Liang Chu Site, Chekiang province", Archives of the Chinese Art Society of America, Archives of the Chinese Art Society of America (New York, NY, 1948 -1949), vol. III, XIV-1
• Clarence Shangraw, Origins of Chinese Ceramics, exh. cat., China House Gallery (New York, NY, 1978), p. 53. cat no. 4

Exhibition History

• S427: Ancient Chinese Bronzes and Jades, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/20/1985 - 04/30/2008

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