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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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Cizhou type jar with phoenixes

  • loan
  • Literature notes

    The jar is very heavily potted, the bulging body tapering to an unusually thick, tall foot, and a low, wide neck with prominent rim flange. On the outside, the piece is covered with a white slip and painted in brown with a pair of phoenixes in flight, enclosed in barbed panels with hatched lines between, the birds with details engraved through the brown pigment to appear in white. The lowest part of the jar is plain white, the rim and inside are glazed in brown. Inside the jar is a ring of spur marks, where another piece had been placed during firing. The unglazed footring and base show a dark brown biscuit.
  • Details

    Associated place
    Asia China (north) (place of creation)
    Date
    13th - 14th century (1201 - 1400)
    Yuan Dynasty (1279 - 1368)
    Material and technique
    stoneware, thrown, covered in white slip, and incised through brown slip-painted decoration under a transparent glaze; rim and inside, with brown glaze
    Dimensions
    20 cm (height)
    22 cm (diameter)
    at foot 13 cm (diameter)
    Material index
    Technique index
    Object type index
    containervessel jar
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
    Accession no.
    LI1301.334
  • 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. C333a

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

    The jar is very heavily potted, the bulging body tapering to an unusually thick, tall foot, and a low, wide neck with prominent rim flange. On the outside, the piece is covered with a white slip and painted in brown with a pair of phoenixes in flight, enclosed in barbed panels with hatched lines between, the birds with details engraved through the brown pigment to appear in white. The lowest part of the jar is plain white, the rim and inside are glazed in brown. Inside the jar is a ring of spur marks, where another piece had been placed during firing. The unglazed footring and base show a dark brown biscuit.
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