Red Pottery Pot and Pedestal

A yu can be used to serve food or water, and can be heated when raised above a fire on a pedestal. The sand temper increased resistance to temperature transfer, both hot and cold. The Cishan culture is named after the village of Cishan, in Wu’an county, Hebei province, where the first finds of this type were made in 1972. Among Cishan culture’s pottery assemblage, this cooking vessel with pedestal is very characteristic.