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 lamp with stem and flower
- loan
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Literature notes
This piece was bought together with the jar, [LI1301.277], and was supposed to fit onto the rim of the jar. The two pieces are, however, different in material and date.
The piece is shaped as a deep dish with an everted bracket-lobed rim with a raised lip around the inside. The outside has a stepped angled profile and the narrow foot has a raised rib and a low footring. From the centre of the dish rises an octafoil stem with a flower-shaped top with ten ribbed petals, pierced all the way through to a long slit at the bottom. The off-white body is covered with a light bluish-green glaze. The base is unglazed and covered with a brown dressing, the footring shows the biscuit. -
Details
- Associated place
- Date
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12th - 13th century (1101 - 1300)
Southern Song Dynasty (1127 - 1279)
Yuan Dynasty (1279 - 1368)
- Material and technique
- stoneware, thrown, with combed decoration under a green glaze; unglazed base; glazed rim
- Dimensions
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6 cm (height)
15 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.
- LI1301.278
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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. C273
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
This piece was bought together with the jar, [LI1301.277], and was supposed to fit onto the rim of the jar. The two pieces are, however, different in material and date.
The piece is shaped as a deep dish with an everted bracket-lobed rim with a raised lip around the inside. The outside has a stepped angled profile and the narrow foot has a raised rib and a low footring. From the centre of the dish rises an octafoil stem with a flower-shaped top with ten ribbed petals, pierced all the way through to a long slit at the bottom. The off-white body is covered with a light bluish-green glaze. The base is unglazed and covered with a brown dressing, the footring shows the biscuit.
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