Tripod with Mountain-Form Lid
2001
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
The vessel has a lid in the form of a mountain and three legs in the form of crouching bears; an animal hunt freize decorates the side of the body.
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.
