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 bowl with floral decoration
- loan
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Literature notes
A similar bowl, excavated in Wuyuan county, Jiangxi province, is datable to 1211.
The shallow bowl has conical, slightly rounded sides with a somewhat flared rim and tapering foot with low footring. The inside is carved with a large-scale six-petalled bloom with overlapping spiralling petals, carved with multiple outlines and filled with combed details. The outside is plain. The transparent blue-tinged glaze leaves the base free, where grit is adhering, and the near-white body has discoloured a light brown. -
Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Jiangxi province › Jingdezhen › Jingdezhen kilns (place of creation)
- Date
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12th century (1101 - 1200)
Southern Song Dynasty (1127 - 1279)
- Material and technique
- porcelain, thrown, with incised and combed decoration under a bluish-white glaze (qingbai ware); unglazed base; glazed rim
- Dimensions
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5.6 cm (height)
18.5 cm (diameter)
- Material index
- Technique index
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.287
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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. C283
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
A similar bowl, excavated in Wuyuan county, Jiangxi province, is datable to 1211.
The shallow bowl has conical, slightly rounded sides with a somewhat flared rim and tapering foot with low footring. The inside is carved with a large-scale six-petalled bloom with overlapping spiralling petals, carved with multiple outlines and filled with combed details. The outside is plain. The transparent blue-tinged glaze leaves the base free, where grit is adhering, and the near-white body has discoloured a light brown.
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