Tripod (Ritual Food Vessel) http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/1319/tripod-ritual-food-vessel ArtsConnectEd.org Art Collector Set: Tripod (Ritual Food Vessel) Tripod (Ritual Food Vessel) http://www.artsconnected.org/images/favicon.png http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/1319/tripod-ritual-food-vessel 16 16 Tripod (Ritual Food Vessel) http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/1319/tripod-ritual-food-vessel http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/1319/tripod-ritual-food-vessel Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects, Metalwork Artist Unknown (China) -1100 -1100 Asia, China Bronze Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects Thu, 02 May 2013 02:01:53 -0400 <table cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Title</td> <td><h3 property="dcterms:title cdwalite:title">Tripod (Ritual Food Vessel)</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Artist</td> <td><h3><a property="dcterms:creator cdwalite:displayCreator" href="http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/list/breadcrumb/true/f_workDisplayCreator/Artist+Unknown+%28China%29">Artist Unknown (China)</a></h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Date</td> <td><h3 property="dcterms:created dc:date cdwalite:displayCreationDate cdwalite:earliestDate vra:date" content="-1100">11th century B.C.</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label" style="padding-right:7px;">Institution</td> <td><a href="http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/list/breadcrumb/true/f_InstitutionTitle/Minneapolis+Institute+of+Arts">Minneapolis Institute of Arts</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Location</td> <td> On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, <a href="http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/list/breadcrumb/true/query/location%3A%22G214%22">G214</a> </td> </tr> </table><br/>Ting with supporting Animals, inscribed. Boldly modelled birds, hooked beaks facing outward and big horns facing inward, support a broad, shallow bowl with uprights. The body decor is in three belts, the two lower ones interupted by flanges corresponding to the supporting birds. The middle belt, of realistic cicades in rounded relief on spiral ground, is bordered by narrower bands with big eyes connected by diagonal lines, C-figures, and fork-like elements which may represent strongly disfigured dragons. Patina grey-green patches of brighter green http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/1319/tripod-ritual-food-vessel Artist Unknown (China)