The Barlow Collection
A select catalogue of the Barlow collection of Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes and Jades by the University of Sussex (published Sussex, 2006).
Publications online: 456 objects
White ware funerary jar and lid
- loan
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Literature notes
Two similar jars excavated in Jinxian county, Jiangxi province, can be dated to 1170.
The small ovoid jar has a thick everted foot and a short wide neck. The conical cover has a flat everted rim and a drop-shaped knob. The coarse beige-coloured ware is covered with a translucent glaze of bluish tinge, which pools to a clear, light blue where it forms a thicker layer. The glaze stops well above the foot, has been wiped from the rim of the jar but has run down into the neck, and leaves the underside of the cover free. The piece is undecorated. The glaze shows overall crazing. -
Details
- Associated place
- Date
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12th century (1101 - 1200)
Southern Song Dynasty (1127 - 1279)
- Material and technique
- porcelain, thrown, with bluish-white glaze (qingbai ware); unglazed base; unglazed rim
- Dimensions
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with lid 13.9 cm (height)
without lid 9.3 cm (height)
6.8 cm (diameter)
at foot 4.8 cm (diameter)
- Material index
- Technique index
- Object type index
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container › vessel › pot › burial-pot,
- No. of items
- 2
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.376
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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. C376
Glossary (2)
glaze, porcelain
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glaze
Vitreous coating applied to the surface of a ceramic to make it impermeable or for decorative effect.
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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
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- currently in research collection
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Publications online
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The Barlow Collection
Two similar jars excavated in Jinxian county, Jiangxi province, can be dated to 1170.
The small ovoid jar has a thick everted foot and a short wide neck. The conical cover has a flat everted rim and a drop-shaped knob. The coarse beige-coloured ware is covered with a translucent glaze of bluish tinge, which pools to a clear, light blue where it forms a thicker layer. The glaze stops well above the foot, has been wiped from the rim of the jar but has run down into the neck, and leaves the underside of the cover free. The piece is undecorated. The glaze shows overall crazing.
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