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Tripod Cooking Vessel (Ding)
Tripod Cooking Vessel (Ding)

Tripod Cooking Vessel (Ding)

Artist
Date13th-11th century BCE
MediumBronze
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineGift of Norbert Schimmel
Object number1956.11
DescriptionCauldron-shaped vessel with three legs. Neck is ornamented with confronted Kui dragons on a ground of leiwen (cloud and thunder pattern). Two handles on rim; six decorative loops below rim.
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On view
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