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 dish with pomegranates and children
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Literature notes
The combination of small boys and pomegranates in this design designates the wish for many children, pomegranates being a symbol of fecundity on account of their many seeds.
The dish is very heavily potted, with a thick footring. The inside is moulded in relief with a central medallion with three fish among waves, surrounded by a band with two boys among lotus between pomegranate motifs, and a dotted border. The moulding is not very crisp. The blue-tinged glaze leaves the rim and part of the footring and base free, the biscuit has an orange tinge around the edge of the glaze. -
Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Jiangxi province › Jingdezhen › Jingdezhen kilns (place of creation)
- Date
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13th - 14th century (1201 - 1400)
Yuan Dynasty (1279 - 1368)
- Material and technique
- porcelain, thrown, with press-moulded decoration under a bluish-white glaze (qingbai ware)
- Dimensions
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3.7 cm (height)
17.2 cm (diameter)
at foot 5.3 cm (diameter)
- Material index
- Technique index
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formed › moulded › press moulded,
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.297
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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. C293
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
The combination of small boys and pomegranates in this design designates the wish for many children, pomegranates being a symbol of fecundity on account of their many seeds.
The dish is very heavily potted, with a thick footring. The inside is moulded in relief with a central medallion with three fish among waves, surrounded by a band with two boys among lotus between pomegranate motifs, and a dotted border. The moulding is not very crisp. The blue-tinged glaze leaves the rim and part of the footring and base free, the biscuit has an orange tinge around the edge of the glaze.
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