The tripod collected by the Cleveland Museum of Art is a bronze artifact from the Shang Dynasty in China, dating back to approximately 1200 to 1100 BC. With its exquisite craftsmanship and unique design, it showcases the superb skills of bronze ware production during the Shang Dynasty. The tripod was not only a practical tool for cooking and storing food at that time, but also had important ceremonial and symbolic significance, often used in religious and sacrificial activities. Exquisite attention to detail reflects the aesthetic characteristics and cultural value of Shang Dynasty bronze art. Donated by the John Huntington Institute of Art and Technology Trust to the Cleveland Museum of Art.

The "Shang Dynasty Bronze Tripod" is a tableware from the 12th to 11th centuries BC, currently housed in the Minneapolis Museum of Art in the United States. The prototype of the tripod is a rough pottery of the same shape and name made during the Erlitou Culture period (around 3000-2000 BC). The edge of this tripod has thunder patterns, which is a symbol of copper casting in the Shang Dynasty.

This cultural relic is a three legged tripod, a bronze vessel, and its ceramic prototype can be traced back to the Peiligang culture of the Neolithic Age. In the early Shang Dynasty (1600-1300 BC), bronze versions of the flat footed tripod began to be cast. Ding is an ancient Chinese cooking or storage vessel, usually with two handles located at the edges, supported by three or four cylindrical legs. The shape of the tripod was almost ubiquitous in early China, including ceramic vessels from the Neolithic period and bronze vessels from the Shang Dynasty, as well as many later imitations of bronze and glazed pottery. This artifact is housed in the Minneapolis Museum of Art.

This relic is a tripod, a bronze vessel, and its ceramic prototype can be traced back to the Neolithic Peiligang culture. In the early Shang Dynasty (1600-1300 BC), bronze versions of the Pingzu Ding were cast. Ding is an ancient Chinese cooking or storage vessel, usually with two handles at the edge, supported by three or four columnar legs. The shape of the tripod is almost ubiquitous in China's early eras, including Neolithic ceramic vessels and Shang dynasty bronze vessels, as well as many later bronze and glazed pottery imitations. This artifact is in the collection of the Minneapolis Museum of Art.

The tripod is regarded as a symbol of national importance, power, and prestige. The character "tripod" is also endowed with extended meanings such as "distinguished", "noble", and "grand", such as "one word nine tripods", "famous name", "peak period", "strong assistance", and so on. It is also a ceremonial vessel for recording achievements. During major celebrations or receiving rewards, the rulers or nobles of the Zhou Dynasty would cast cauldrons to record the grand occasion. This kind of etiquette still has a certain influence today.

Ding is a utensil used by ancient Chinese people in some places to cook and store meat, and is one of the most important bronze ware species in ancient times. The "ding" (cooking vessel) is considered by later generations to be the most representative of supreme power among all bronze vessels.