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Tripod cauldron (li)

Tripod cauldron (li)

Chinese

Tripod cooking vessel of bulbous form with waited neck, flared mouth, the legs tapering to small rounded feet, light gray earthenware with stippled and cord-impressed decoration.

Gray earthenware

Shang dynasty, c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE

Vessels