A red pottery stove, Neolithic period 新石器時代 紅陶灶釜

Ronald W. Longsdorf, The Pottery Age: An Appreciation of Neolithic Ceramics from China, Circa 7000 BC - Circa 1000 BC, Hong Kong, 2020, pl. 13.

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13

Apart from the raised bosses on the shoulder of the cooking vessel, every aspect of the stove and vessel is carefully designed to contribute to the utilitarian purposes of the set, from the tripod design that allows the stove to stand sturdily to the everted rim of the cooking vessel that provide a place for one to lift the pot out of the stove.

As is the case with most related extant examples, there is no evidence of fire in the fuel chambers or under the base, which suggests that they may have been reserved for ceremonial or burial purposes.