Ding cauldron with bow-string pattern, Western Han dynasty (206 BCE-8 CE)

Ding cauldron with bow-string pattern, Western Han dynasty (206 BCE-8 CE)

• Image Number: K1A002162N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Western Han dynasty
• Category: Bronzes
• Function: Food utensil
• Material: Mineral/Metal/Bronze
• Description:
  Closed mouth, round belly, short hoofed feet, oblong ears, mouth closed. A three ring shaped button is arranged on the cover, and the abdomen has a ring of convex string patterns. This kind of bronze tripod was common from the late Warring States Period to the Western Han Dynasty. For example, the bronze tripods (C24, 25) unearthed in the Western Ear Room of the Tomb of Nanyue King in Guangzhou, Guangdong, have similar shapes and patterns. In 2005, 14 similar tripods were unearthed in the burial pit of Yanggui Mountain in the Western Han Dynasty in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province.