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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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Changsha ware bowl

  • loan
  • Literature notes

    The bowl has conical sides with a flared rim and an unevenly cut, tapering foot. The ouside is deeply incised with four vertical grooves, which have left faint raised lines on the inside. The light grey body bears a yellowish-green glaze, which leaves foot and base free, and seems to be applied over a white slip on the inside and upper half of the outside, where it has obtained a more bluish tint, than further down. The biscuit and glaze have discoloured through burial in red earth.
  • Details

    Associated place
    AsiaChina Hunan province (Changsha kilns) (place of creation)
    Date
    8th - 9th century AD (AD 701 - 900)
    Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 907)
    Material and technique
    stoneware, thrown, with decoration carved through a white slip under a green glaze; unglazed base; glazed rim
    Dimensions
    4.4 cm (height)
    13 cm (diameter)
    Material index
    Technique index
    formed carved,
    Object type index
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
    Accession no.
    LI1301.342
  • 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. C342

Glossary (3)

glaze, slip, stoneware

  • glaze

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

  • slip

    A semi-fluid clay applied to a ceramic before glazing either to coat the surface 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.

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Publications online

  • The Barlow Collection by the University of Sussex

    The Barlow Collection

    The bowl has conical sides with a flared rim and an unevenly cut, tapering foot. The ouside is deeply incised with four vertical grooves, which have left faint raised lines on the inside. The light grey body bears a yellowish-green glaze, which leaves foot and base free, and seems to be applied over a white slip on the inside and upper half of the outside, where it has obtained a more bluish tint, than further down. The biscuit and glaze have discoloured through burial in red earth.
  • The Barlow Collection by the University of Sussex

    The Barlow Collection

    The bowl has conical sides with a flared rim and an unevenly cut, tapering foot. The ouside is deeply incised with four vertical grooves, which have left faint raised lines on the inside. The light grey body bears a yellowish-green glaze, which leaves foot and base free, and seems to be applied over a white slip on the inside and upper half of the outside, where it has obtained a more bluish tint, than further down. The biscuit and glaze have discoloured through burial in red earth.
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