Each tripod vessel is raised on three mammiform supports with a compressed body and an everted rim. The smaller one is decorated with hatched markings, the larger one is impressed with a basketweave design.
4½ in. (11.4 cm.); 6¾ in. (15.9 cm.) across

First:
Paul Singer.
Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987) Collections.
Else Sackler (1913-2000) Collection, and thence by descent within the family.

Second:
Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987) Collections.
Else Sackler (1913-2000) Collection, and thence by descent within the family.

First:
New York, Columbia University Low Memorial Library, The Columbia University Exhibition of 3000 Years of the Ceramic Art and Ancient Sculpture of China from the Sackler Collections, 11 November 1962-18 January 1963.
New York, Columbia University, February 1965.
New York, China Institute, Art Styles in Ancient Shang, 1967.
Jerusalem, Israel Museum, 3500 Years of Chinese Art: Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, 1987.

Second:
New York, Columbia University Low Memorial Library, The Columbia University Exhibition of 3000 Years of the Ceramic Art and Ancient Sculpture of China from the Sackler Collections, 1962.
New York, Columbia University, February 1965.
Jerusalem, Israel Museum, 3500 Years of Chinese Art: Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, 1987.

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