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Tripod with Mountain-Form Lid

2001-200

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Tripod with Mountain-Form Lid

2001-200

Physical Qualities Earthenware with deteriorated green lead glaze, 9 1/4 x 8 x 8 1/2 in. (23.5 x 20.3 x 21.6 cm.)
Credit Line Frank J. and Elizabeth L. Goodnow Collection
Object Number 1942.70.244
Decorated with tigers in a mountainous landscape and supported by feet in the form of crouching bears, this vessel represents the mountain abode of Daoist immortals. While a leaping deer is clearly visible on the lid, the figures remain shrouded. By tradition, mountains were considered the proper dwelling place of immortals.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, 1942; Goodnow Collection, Baltimore; probably acquired by Elizabeth Goodnow in China, c. 1912-1913
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