Covered tripod

Object Details

• Description

  Tripod vessel of the type ting; two pierced handles. Cover with three knobs.

  Clay: hard, gray, resonant. Reddish-brown on exposed surface.

  Glaze: overflow of olive and blue on cover, and on feet.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Shades of Green and Blue: Chinese Celadon Ceramics (July 15, 1997 to September 7, 2004)

  Chinese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to September 4, 1980)

• Origin

  Zhejiang Province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  BCE 0s

• Place

  China, Zhejiang Province

• Topic

  Art, Stoneware, Chinese Art, Western Han dynasty (206 BCE - 9 CE), Zhejiang green-glazed ware

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)