Title: Tripod cauldron (ding)
Object type: Cauldron
Date: 11th century BCE
Culture: China
Period: Shang dynasty (ca. 1600–1046 BCE)
Medium: Bronze, black pigment inlay
Dimensions: H. 6 in. (15.2 cm); W. at handles 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Classification: Metalwork
Credit line: Purchase, Arthur M. Sackler Gift, 1974
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY