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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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White ware bowl with peony decoration

  • loan
  • Literature notes

    The wide conical bowl has somewhat rounded sides and a flared rim, cut into six lobes. The thinly cut tapering foot has a low footring and the base is surrounded by a groove. The inside shows a quickly incised peony spray with a large bloom between two leaves, all with combed detail; the outside is plain. The blue-tinged transparent glaze leaves the main part of the base in the yellowish-brown burnt biscuit, where the character qian (money) is inscribed in black ink.
  • Details

    Associated place
    AsiaChinaJiangxi provinceJingdezhen Jingdezhen kilns (place of creation)
    Date
    12th century (1101 - 1200)
    Southern Song Dynasty (1127 - 1279)
    Material and technique
    porcelain, thrown, with incised and combed decoration under a bluish-white glaze (qingbai ware); unglazed base, with ink inscription; glazed rim
    Dimensions
    6 cm (height)
    19.6 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.
    LI1301.117
  • 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. C90

Glossary (2)

glaze, porcelain

  • glaze

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

  • porcelain

    Ceramic material composed of kaolin, quartz, and feldspar which is fired to a temperature of c.1350-1400⁰c. The resulting ceramic is vitreous, translucent, and white in colour.

Location

    • currently in research collection

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Publications online

  • The Barlow Collection by the University of Sussex

    The Barlow Collection

    The wide conical bowl has somewhat rounded sides and a flared rim, cut into six lobes. The thinly cut tapering foot has a low footring and the base is surrounded by a groove. The inside shows a quickly incised peony spray with a large bloom between two leaves, all with combed detail; the outside is plain. The blue-tinged transparent glaze leaves the main part of the base in the yellowish-brown burnt biscuit, where the character qian (money) is inscribed in black ink.
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