A wok-shaped tripod with phoenix and dragon patterns and ears

Bronze ware from the Spring and Autumn Period
93 cm high, 102 cm in diameter, 129 cm between ears. Excavated from Zhao Qing's tomb in Jinsheng Village, Taiyuan City in 1988. Attached ears, open mouth, flat lip, narrow neck, deep belly, hoofed feet. The belly is decorated with coiled dragon patterns, with triangular patterns, fish scale patterns and tile patterns as filling patterns. A pair of ring-shaped ear buttons. The largest tripod from the Spring and Autumn Period seen so far. The wok tripod is used to cook animals. It is divided into cattle wok, sheep wok and pig wok according to its size. This tripod should be a cattle wok.