A CORD-MARKED DARK GRAY POTTERY TRIPOD VESSEL, LI

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A CORD-MARKED DARK GRAY POTTERY TRIPOD VESSEL, LI
SHANG DYNASTY

The mammiform body raised on three truncated supports and impressed allover with cord patterns below a short, plain neck and everted mouth rim, restoration to mouth rim--5 3/4in. (14.6cm.) across

展覽

Baltimore, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Born of Earth and Fire, Chinese Ceramics from the Scheinman Collection, September 9-November 8, 1992, no. 14

拍品專文

Several vessels of this type are illustrated by J.G. Andersson, "Researches into the Prehistory of the Chinese," B.M.F.E.A., No. 15, 1943, pl. 168, figs. 1-3, the latter being the closest in shape. Others are in the Honolulu Academy of Arts, illustrated by Watson, Pre-Tang Ceramics of China, London, 1991, pl. 67; in Sekai Toji Zenshu, 1955, vol. 8, pl. 45; and in the Eumorfopoulos Collection, Catalogue, vol. I, pl. I, no. 1

The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no. 366k95 is consistent with the dating of this lot