The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of May 6, 2024
Li, Hollow-Legged Tripod
1200–800 BCE
(2200–1600 BCE)
Overall: 22.9 x 17 cm (9 x 6 11/16 in.)
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
This vessel not only reveals an interesting relationship between ceramic and bronze shapes but also the cultural impact of central China on the border regions.Description
This pottery li tripod—which was originally used as a cooking vessel—belongs to the lower stratum of the Xiajiadian culture that flourished in northeast China. Comparable examples with similar shape and proportion have been excavated in Inner Mongolia.A ceramic shape invented and borrowed from central China, li tripod appeared at a later date in the northeast, with limited examples from the late Neolithic period. As an artifact representative of the lower Xiajiadian culture—which was contemporary with the Shang dynasty in central China where bronze production had already been highly developed—pottery li tripod was popular in the northeast during the Bronze Age and was widely spread from the Liaodong to the Liaoxi regions, including Inner Mongolia.
- ?–2005Mr. and Mrs. Thomas French, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art2005–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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