Room 38 | China from AD 800 gallery
Explore key developments in the history and culture of China, from the arts and crafts of the Song Dynasty up to the present day.
Galleries : 538 objects
Bowl with blue glaze
- on display
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Henan province › Jun kilns (place of creation)
- Date
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12th century (1101 - 1200)
Jin Dynasty (1115 - 1234)
- Material and technique
- stoneware, thrown, with opaque blue glaze; glazed base; glazed rim
- Dimensions
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8.7 cm (height)
13.9 cm (diameter)
- Material index
- Technique index
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.88
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Further reading
University of Sussex, and Arts and Humanities Research Council, The Barlow Collection, supervised by Regina Krahl, Maurice Howard, and Aiden Leeves (Sussex: University of Sussex, 2006), no. C59
Glossary (2)
glaze, stoneware
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glaze
Vitreous coating applied to the surface of a ceramic to make it impermeable or for decorative effect.
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stoneware
Ceramic material made of clay which is fired to a temperature of c.1200-1300⁰c and is often buff or grey in colour.
Location
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Second floor | Room 38 | China from 800
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Second floor | Room 38 | China from 800
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The deep rounded, bud-shaped bowl has an inturned rim, a broad straight foot and a pointed base. The thick milky blue glaze evenly covers the sides, leaving the footring and part of the foot free but covering the base, and fading to a translucent mushroom-coloured layer at the rim. The glaze is foamy and shows many small bubbles.
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