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(鼎) Ding tripod(comma) (汉朝) Han Dynasty 206 BCE – 220 CE. Cold painted ceramic. The Ding vessel was very important to the worship of ancestors(comma) with the earliest examples dating to the Erlitou site 1900 BCE. Elegant bronze versions appeared in…

(鬲) Li tripod(comma) (龙山) Long Shan culture 3000 – 2000 BCE. Red earthenware li shaped tripod effigy pitcher. These objects were used in rituals for ancestor worship. Some researchers speculate that the effigy is human and probably represents a…

(鬲) Li tripod(comma) Inner Mongolia (夏家店文化) Xìajiādiàn culture 2200 – 1600 BCE. Brown earthenware charred black. Li tripods were an extremely efficient invention of Chinese ceramic technology. The legs were made hollow so as to allow for greater…