Covered Tripod Container (Ding with Lid)
date
206 BCE - 221 CE
creation place
Asia, China
medium & support
Cast bronze
measurements
9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm)
credit line
David T. Owsley Collection
accession number
L2009.009.064a-b
keywords
animal, art, Asians, ceremonial container, ceremony, Chinese, Chinese religion, civilization, container, containers, culture, ding, dragon, earth, etiquette, family, government, human being, kitchen-utensils, lizard, mammal, materiality, Mongolians, nationality, nature, non-Christian religion, nourishment, nutrition, occupations, ornament, predatory animal, public, race (human), religion, reptile, rite, ritual, ritual vessel, society, state, supernatural, tiger, tool, vessel, world
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