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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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Black ware bowl with leaf decoration

  • loan
  • Literature notes

    Bowls of this type were discovered at the Huangpu kiln site in Shaanxi province; see Tangdai Huangpu yaozhi/Excavation of a Tang Kiln-site at Huangpu in Tongchuan Shaanxi, Beijing, 1992, particularly pl.CIII, fig.5. Related pieces have also come to light at the Cizhou kiln site at Guantai in Ci county, Hebei province; see Guantai Cizhou yaozhi/The Cizhou Kiln Site at Guantai, Beijing, 1997, pl.XLI, figs 4 and 5.

    The shallow conical bowl is thickly potted, with a broad rim flange on the outside and a splayed foot with chamfered edge. The outer sides show ridges from trimming. The brownish-buff stoneware body is slipped, but the slip was largely wiped away on the outside, exposing the biscuit. The piece was quickly decorated with six simple leaf sprays created by applying drops of thick black glaze and dipped five times into black glaze, creating five lobes around the rim both inside and outside.
  • Details

    Associated place
    AsiaChina Henan province (possible place of creation)
    AsiaChina Shaanxi province (possible place of creation)
    Date
    9th - 10th century AD (AD 801 - 1000)
    Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 907)
    Material and technique
    stoneware, thrown, covered in white slip, and with black iron glaze; unglazed base; glazed rim
    Dimensions
    3.8 cm (height)
    16.5 cm (diameter)
    Material index
    Technique index
    Object type index
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
    Accession no.
    LI1301.62
  • 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. C28

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

    Bowls of this type were discovered at the Huangpu kiln site in Shaanxi province; see Tangdai Huangpu yaozhi/Excavation of a Tang Kiln-site at Huangpu in Tongchuan Shaanxi, Beijing, 1992, particularly pl.CIII, fig.5. Related pieces have also come to light at the Cizhou kiln site at Guantai in Ci county, Hebei province; see Guantai Cizhou yaozhi/The Cizhou Kiln Site at Guantai, Beijing, 1997, pl.XLI, figs 4 and 5.

    The shallow conical bowl is thickly potted, with a broad rim flange on the outside and a splayed foot with chamfered edge. The outer sides show ridges from trimming. The brownish-buff stoneware body is slipped, but the slip was largely wiped away on the outside, exposing the biscuit. The piece was quickly decorated with six simple leaf sprays created by applying drops of thick black glaze and dipped five times into black glaze, creating five lobes around the rim both inside and outside.
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