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Tripod jar with three animal-shaped handles and legs
Tripod jar with three animal-shaped handles and legs

Tripod jar with three animal-shaped handles and legs

Place of OriginHenan province, China
Dateapprox. 600-475 BCE
PeriodSpring and Autumn period (770-476 BCE)
MaterialsGray low-fired ceramic with hand-sculpted and grooved motifs
DimensionsH. 7 1/4 in x W. 8 1/2 in x Diam. 7 1/2 in, H. 19 cm x W. 21.6 cm x Diam. 19.1 cm
Credit LineThe Avery Brundage Collection
Object numberB60P1833
DepartmentChinese Art
ClassificationsCeramics
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Described as lei or hu by modern archaeologists, this piece was obviously patterned after a bronze model. The animal-shaped handles and legs became a motif seen in Chinese ceramics from the Warring States through the Han dynasty. Examples of this type of jar appeared only at the site of the Zheng state in the Xinzheng area of Yu county, Henan (WWZLCK 1978 vol. II: 45-53). Details were modified in later times, as seen in the following hu (cat. no. 31).