The Barlow Collection
A select catalogue of the Barlow collection of Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes and Jades by the University of Sussex (published Sussex, 2006).
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Greenware bowl and lid with floral decoration
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Literature notes
Although this bowl and cover fit well together stylistically and would originally have been combined in a similar way, the two pieces did not originally belong, as they are very different in quality, the lid being much finer.
The deep U-shaped bowl rests on a high straight foot and has a convex base. It is carved on the outside with a stylized flower scroll with two large fully opened blooms between two smaller ones, depicted in profile. The olive-green glaze is strongly crazed, the crackle with brown discoloration probably from contact with earth. The sides show cracks with a gilt repair. The base is very thinly covered with glaze and the footring largely unglazed, showing a brown biscuit.
The domed cover has an everted rim and a small curled stalk-shaped knob. It is made of a lighter-firing clay and its smooth olive-green glaze, which was applied over a pale slip, has no crazing and is very fine in texture. It is carved with a flower scroll with three similar smaller blooms as on the bowl. The underside is unglazed but slipped. -
Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Shaanxi province › Yaozhou kilns (place of creation)
- Date
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11th - 12th century (1001 - 1200)
Northern Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1127)
- Material and technique
- stoneware bowl, thrown, with carved decoration under a green glaze; gilt repair; unglazed base; glazed rim; stoneware lid, covered with slip, and with carved decoration under a green glaze; glazed rim
- Dimensions
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with lid 10.8 cm (height)
without lid 7.4 cm (height)
lid 11.5 cm (diameter)
bowl 10.9 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 2
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.173
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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. C160
Glossary (3)
glaze, slip, stoneware
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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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slip
A semi-fluid clay applied to a ceramic before glazing either to coat the surface or for decorative effect.
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stoneware
Ceramic material made of clay which is fired to a temperature of c.1200-1300⁰c and is often buff or grey in colour.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Publications online
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The Barlow Collection
Although this bowl and cover fit well together stylistically and would originally have been combined in a similar way, the two pieces did not originally belong, as they are very different in quality, the lid being much finer.
The deep U-shaped bowl rests on a high straight foot and has a convex base. It is carved on the outside with a stylized flower scroll with two large fully opened blooms between two smaller ones, depicted in profile. The olive-green glaze is strongly crazed, the crackle with brown discoloration probably from contact with earth. The sides show cracks with a gilt repair. The base is very thinly covered with glaze and the footring largely unglazed, showing a brown biscuit.
The domed cover has an everted rim and a small curled stalk-shaped knob. It is made of a lighter-firing clay and its smooth olive-green glaze, which was applied over a pale slip, has no crazing and is very fine in texture. It is carved with a flower scroll with three similar smaller blooms as on the bowl. The underside is unglazed but slipped.
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