Tripod with Mountain-Form Lid
1st-2nd century
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
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Chinese Mortuary Ceramics from the Collection," December 2008-December 2009.
