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Tripod cauldron (ding)

Tripod cauldron (ding)

Chinese

Small cauldron with flared mouth, crimped waist, and three flat legs; red earthenware. Dawenkou culture. From the middle and lower Yellow River valley regions; Shandong, northern Jiangsu, northern Anhui, and eastern Henan provinces.

Earthenware

Neolithic period, Dawenkou culture, c. 4300-2600 BCE

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