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The Barlow Collection by the University of Sussex

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White ware bowl with birds in flightfront

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  • White ware bowl with birds in flight (oblique)
  • White ware bowl with birds in flight (oblique)
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White ware bowl with birds in flight

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  • Literature notes

    The bowl has thinly potted conical sides, a flat centre and a tapering foot with a very thin, low footring. The rim is cut into six lobes. The inside is carved with three roundels enclosing birds in flight, quickly rendered in a stylized manner, the outside is plain. The bluish-grey glaze leaves the inside of the foot and base free, showing the near-white body which is stained a reddish-brown.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › China › Jiangxi province › Jingdezhen › Jingdezhen kilns (place of creation)
    Date
    12th century (1101 - 1200)
    Southern Song Dynasty (1127 - 1279)
    Material and technique
    porcelain, thrown, with incised decoration under a bluish-white glaze (qingbai ware); unglazed base; glazed rim
    Dimensions
    6.1 cm (height)
    18.5 cm (diameter)
    Material index
    processed material › ceramic › porcelain
    Technique index
    thrown,
    decorated › incised,
    marked › incised,
    glazed,
    covered › coated › glazed
    Object type index
    container › vessel › bowl
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
    Accession no.
    LI1301.339

  • 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. C339

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 bowl has thinly potted conical sides, a flat centre and a tapering foot with a very thin, low footring. The rim is cut into six lobes. The inside is carved with three roundels enclosing birds in flight, quickly rendered in a stylized manner, the outside is plain. The bluish-grey glaze leaves the inside of the foot and base free, showing the near-white body which is stained a reddish-brown.
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