Ding tripod Maker: Unknown

5th–3rd century B.C.E

Asian Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Earthenware with black slip

Dimensions

9 × 7 1/2 in. (22.8 × 19 cm)

Credit Line

University Purchase Fund

Accession Number

1940.835

Geography

China

Culture

Chinese

Period

Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period (475 - 221 B.C.E.)

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
A light elegant ding with long legs and high lugs has been found in tomb 215 at Changsha; see Changsha Cemeteries pl. 10, nos. 1-2 and text fig. 25, no. 1.
Bibliography
  • George J. Lee, Selected Far Eastern Art in the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1970), 57, no. 83, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States

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