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Tripod steamer (yan)
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Tripod cooking vessel known as a yan, the upper half in the form of a wide-mouthed cauldron with everted rim and two lug handles, the lower half globular in shape and raised on three small legs; buff earthenware with medium gray skin and applique handles. Longshan culture; from Shandong province.
Department of Asian Art
[J.J. Lally & Co. New York March 1999] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation Woodside CA (1999-2006) 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 steamer (yan)
Description:
Tripod cooking vessel known as a yan, the upper half in the form of a wide-mouthed cauldron with everted rim and two lug handles, the lower half globular in shape and raised on three small legs; buff earthenware with medium gray skin and applique handles.
Longshan culture; from Shandong province.
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