Tripod cauldron (ding)
c. 4300-2600 BCE
Description
Small cauldron with flared mouth, crimped waist, and three flat legs; red earthenware. Dawenkou culture. From the middle and lower Yellow River valley regions; Shandong, northern Jiangsu, northern Anhui, and eastern Henan provinces.
Dimensions
max dimensions: H. 13.7 x Diam. 12.2 cm (5 3/8 x 4 13/16 in.)
Provenance
[Uragami Sokyu-do Co., Ltd., Tokyo, February 2001] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2001-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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