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Tripod cauldron (li)

Tripod cauldron (li)

Chinese

Tripod cooking vessel raised on three conical, hollow legs and with flat rim and two rectangular lug handles; medium gray earthenware with applique handles. Longshan culture. From the middle Yellow River valley region; Shaanxi, Shanxi, or Henan province.

Gray earthenware

Neolithic period, Longshan culture, c. 3000-1900 BCE

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