Tripod Vessel (Gui) | Yale University Art Gallery

3rd millennium b.c.e.

On view, 2nd floor, Asian Art

Dawenkou refers both to an archaeological site and a Neolithic culture that was based along the eastern seaboard of China, particularly in the Shandong and Anhui Provinces. Ceramics from this culture are thinly potted and are burnished or rubbed rather than painted. The angular mouth and ridged design on this piece echo early examples of sheet metalwork in both shape and construction. Similar vessels were also produced in China during the Bronze Age.

Medium: Earthenware with applied decoration
Dimensions: 10 7/8 in. (27.62 cm)
Credit Line: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., Class of 1913, Fund
Accession Number: 1993.95.1
Geography: China
Culture: Chinese
Period: Neolithic, Dawenkou culture (4300–2400 B.C.E.)
Classification: Containers
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Provenance

Purchased in 1993 by the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

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Object/Work type

vessels

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