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
Greenware dish with floral decoration
- loan
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Literature notes
A deeper bowl with a very similar design excavated from the Yaozhou kiln site is published in Songdai Yaozhou yaozhi/The Yaozhou Kiln Site of the Song Period, Beijing, 1998, pl.XXV, fig.3.
The rounded dish has a low conical foot with recessed convex base and a ridge at the rim outside. The centre is decorated with a small flower spray roundel with a trefoil bloom and a leaf, and the sides with a foliate scroll band, all incised, with combed detail. The outside is undecorated except for some thinly incised spiralling lines. The olive-green glaze fully covers the piece, adhering in an uneven layer on the base and footring, leaving the underside of the foot exposed in the brown biscuit with adhering grit. The outside has an accidental brown iron spot. -
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)
Jin Dynasty (1115 - 1234)
- Material and technique
- stoneware, thrown, with incised and combed decoration under a green glaze; glazed base; glazed rim
- Dimensions
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4.3 cm (height)
18.4 cm (diameter)
at foot 6 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.
- LI1301.275
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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. C270
Glossary (2)
glaze, 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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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
A deeper bowl with a very similar design excavated from the Yaozhou kiln site is published in Songdai Yaozhou yaozhi/The Yaozhou Kiln Site of the Song Period, Beijing, 1998, pl.XXV, fig.3.
The rounded dish has a low conical foot with recessed convex base and a ridge at the rim outside. The centre is decorated with a small flower spray roundel with a trefoil bloom and a leaf, and the sides with a foliate scroll band, all incised, with combed detail. The outside is undecorated except for some thinly incised spiralling lines. The olive-green glaze fully covers the piece, adhering in an uneven layer on the base and footring, leaving the underside of the foot exposed in the brown biscuit with adhering grit. The outside has an accidental brown iron spot.
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