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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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Greenware octagonal bottle

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  • Literature notes

    Vases with pierced holes in the foot were made in imitation of metal shapes, where the holes usually correspond with lugs at the neck, for insertion of ribbons or strings. On the present vases, they are purely decorative and give the shape an archaistic flavour.

    The vases are of octagonal section, the globular body on a splayed foot, which is pierced with two holes on opposite sides, the shoulder with a raised double collar, the splayed, slender neck with two horizontal ribs like bamboo nodes, and the rim flat and everted. The attractive, smooth yellowish-green glaze has a wide-meshed crackle and leaves only the footrings exposed in the yellowish-brown biscuit.
  • Details

    Associated place
    AsiaChinaZhejiang province Longquan kilns (place of creation)
    Date
    13th century (1201 - 1300)
    Southern Song Dynasty (1127 - 1279)
    Yuan Dynasty (1279 - 1368)
    Material and technique
    stoneware, with green crackled glaze; glazed base; glazed rim
    Dimensions
    21 x 14.4 x 13.1 cm (height x width x depth)
    Material index
    Technique index
    Object type index
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
    Accession no.
    LI1301.103.1
  • 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. C75

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.

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  • The Barlow Collection by the University of Sussex

    The Barlow Collection

    Vases with pierced holes in the foot were made in imitation of metal shapes, where the holes usually correspond with lugs at the neck, for insertion of ribbons or strings. On the present vases, they are purely decorative and give the shape an archaistic flavour.

    The vases are of octagonal section, the globular body on a splayed foot, which is pierced with two holes on opposite sides, the shoulder with a raised double collar, the splayed, slender neck with two horizontal ribs like bamboo nodes, and the rim flat and everted. The attractive, smooth yellowish-green glaze has a wide-meshed crackle and leaves only the footrings exposed in the yellowish-brown biscuit.
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