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The Barlow Collection

A select catalogue of the Barlow collection of Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes and Jades by the University of Sussex (published Sussex, 2006).

The Barlow Collection by the University of Sussex

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Greenware dish with peony decoration

  • Literature notes

    Fragmentary pieces similar to this bowl, from the Yaozhou kiln site near Tongchuan in Shaanxi province, are published in Songdai Yaozhou yaozhi/The Yaozhou Kiln Site of the Song Period, Beijing, 1998, pl.LI, fig.5 and pl.LII, figs 1 and 2.

    The bowl is rounded on the inside, conical on the outside, with a distinct ridge halfway up and a slightly flared rim. The outside shows six indentations, faintly visible on the inside. The straight foot is shallow, the base recessed. The inside is carved with a large-scale peony spray with a lush bloom among elegant foliage, neatly arranged to cover a circular area, leaving a broad band around the rim undecorated. The bloom has combed detail, the leaves have incised veins. The outside is simply decorated with radiating strokes around the upper half, ending at a horizontal incised line below the rim. Base and foot are glazed but the footring is unglazed, showing a brown-burnt biscuit with adhering grit.
  • Details

    Associated place
    AsiaChinaShaanxi province Yaozhou kilns (place of creation)
    Date
    11th - 12th century (1001 - 1200)
    Northern Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1127)
    Material and technique
    stoneware, probably moulded, with incised and combed decoration under a green glaze; glazed base; glazed rim
    Dimensions
    5 cm (height)
    19.6 cm (diameter)
    Material index
    Technique index
    coveredcoated glazed,
    Object type index
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
    Accession no.
    LI1301.108
  • 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. C81

Glossary (2)

glaze, stoneware

  • glaze

    Vitreous coating applied to the surface of a ceramic to make it impermeable or for decorative effect.

  • 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

    • Second floor | Room 38 | China from 800

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Publications online

  • The Barlow Collection by the University of Sussex

    The Barlow Collection

    Fragmentary pieces similar to this bowl, from the Yaozhou kiln site near Tongchuan in Shaanxi province, are published in Songdai Yaozhou yaozhi/The Yaozhou Kiln Site of the Song Period, Beijing, 1998, pl.LI, fig.5 and pl.LII, figs 1 and 2.

    The bowl is rounded on the inside, conical on the outside, with a distinct ridge halfway up and a slightly flared rim. The outside shows six indentations, faintly visible on the inside. The straight foot is shallow, the base recessed. The inside is carved with a large-scale peony spray with a lush bloom among elegant foliage, neatly arranged to cover a circular area, leaving a broad band around the rim undecorated. The bloom has combed detail, the leaves have incised veins. The outside is simply decorated with radiating strokes around the upper half, ending at a horizontal incised line below the rim. Base and foot are glazed but the footring is unglazed, showing a brown-burnt biscuit with adhering grit.
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