1984.161: Globular 'Ding' Tripod with Three Quadrilateral Legs
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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, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/20/1985 - 04/30/2008
Verification Level
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