A grey pottery tripod vessel, Xiajiandian lower culture, c. 2300-1600 B.C. 夏家店下層文化 灰陶鬲

Ronald W. Longsdorf, The Pottery Age: An Appreciation of Neolithic Ceramics from China, Circa 7000 BC - Circa 1000 BC, Hong Kong, 2020, pl. 93.

Ronald W. Longsdorf, 《陶誌：中國新石器時代陶器 約西元前7000年 – 前1000年》，香港，2020年，圖版93

Potted with a rounded body resting on three tapering legs, the edges of which are also softly rounded, the form of the vessel - despite the small capacity - was popular with many extant examples preserved. See a similar tripod vessel also from the Xiajiadian lower culture, now preserved in the Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, acquisition no. 2006.170.112. See also a black pottery example with cold-painted designs, illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, Vol. III, London, 2006, no. 1088.