A white pottery tripod ewer, gui, Neolithic period, Dawenkou culture | 新石器時代 大汶口文化　白陶鬹

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Neolithic tripod ewers from various cultures differ slightly in form but all share the same skillfully designed functionality. The current ewer is striking for its well-proportioned and elegant form, and the assemblage demonstrates its superb functionality. Of symmetrical form, the splayed tripod legs are especially noteworthy as not only do they strengthen the stability of the vessel more so than most four-legged vessels, but the design was also likely to enable the vessel to be pushed into the fire bed to raise the heat and lifted to lower it.

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繭山龍泉堂，東京

新石器時期各文化之陶鬹，造形相異，然功能相近，如本品，初觀造形優美，比例勻稱，細鑑可知作工精緻且實用。本品造形對稱，接縫處精準無瑕，三足微外撇，穩固更勝多數四足器皿，原應用於置於火堆上加熱，並可提起降溫。