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Tripod cauldron (ding)

Tripod cauldron (ding)

Chinese

Tripod cauldron with two U-shaped handles rising vertically from the rim supported by three slightly splayed footed legs; light gray stoneware with thin layer of ash glaze.

Proto porcelain: stoneware with ash glaze

Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE

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