A red pottery tripod ewer Dawenkou culture, c. 4300-2400 B.C. 大汶口文化 紅陶鬹

Acquired in Hong Kong, 2009.

2009年入藏於香港

Ronald W. Longsdorf, The Pottery Age: An Appreciation of Neolithic Ceramics from China, Circa 7000 BC - Circa 1000 BC, Hong Kong, 2020, pl. 33.

Ronald W. Longsdorf, 《陶誌：中國新石器時代陶器 約公元前7000年 – 前1000年》，香港，2020年，圖版33

Neolithic tripod ewers from various cultures differ slightly in form but all share the same skillfully designed functionality. The current ewer, at first glance, is perhaps striking for its well-proportioned and elegant form, but the assemblage demonstrates its superb functionality.

Of symmetrical form, the ewer appears to have been assembled from seven carefully formed parts which fit almost seamlessly together. 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, the design was likely to enable the vessel to be pushed into the fire bed to raise the heat, and lifted to lower it.

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，乃七區塊相接而成，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。