Tripod Caldron (Ding). 206 BC–9 AD. China. Gray earthenware with mold-impressed decoration Under the Han dynasty (206 220), dynastic stability and affluence broadened the clientele for burial goods from aristocratic families to officials and landowners. Clay replicas of costly vessels of bronze and lacquer met the wider demand for tomb furnishings by middle-income patrons. This caldron, modeled after a common bronze shape, is covered with a lid molded to depict a sinuous dragon—a design executed most naturally in lacquer painting.

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