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

Exhibited

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

Lot Essay

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