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Tripod cauldron (ding)
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Small cauldron supported on three conical feet with globular body, indented neck, and lightly flared lip; lightly burnished blackened earthenware with incised bowstring lines around the shoulder. Longshan culture; from Shandong province.
Department of Asian Art
[J.J. Lally & Co. New York 2002] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation Woodside CA (2002-2006) partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums 2006.
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
Title: Tripod cauldron (ding)
Description:
Small cauldron supported on three conical feet with globular body, indented neck, and lightly flared lip; lightly burnished blackened earthenware with incised bowstring lines around the shoulder.
Longshan culture; from Shandong province.
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