very thin walls; tube-shaped body with three thick, tapering, splayed feet; rounded top with short spout and half-circle-shaped opening; handle decorated with incised lines and v's and applied circles

Tripod Ewer, c. 2000-1500 BCE

Erlitouexpand_more

Earthenware with incised decorexpand_more

Gift of Cheung Hin Sing in honor of Dr. Robert Jacobsenexpand_more  2004.90

On View in Gallery 204expand_more

The Bronze Age succeeded the Neolithic or Stone Age during the second millenium BCE in the Yellow River region of north China. The Erlitou culture with its site near Luoyang in Henan province dating between 2000 and 1500 BCE, has yielded the earliest bronze vessels in China as well as pottery vessels modeled on bronze prototypes. The overall design of this elegant, thin walled, pouring vessel, including its pointed hollow tripod legs, wide, flat handle with incised surface decoration, and domed cover with cut-out spout is typical of ceramics excavated at Erlitou sites in the middle region of the Yellow River. While metal prototypes for such a work are presumed, no exact bronze prototype has yet been excavated.

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Tripod Ewer
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2004.90
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very thin walls; tube-shaped body with three thick, tapering, splayed feet; rounded top with short spout and half-circle-shaped opening; handle decorated with incised lines and v's and applied circles

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