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
Tripod vessel in the style of Guan ware
- loan
-
Literature notes
This miniature vessel copies the celebrated crackled guan (‘official’) wares of the Song dynasty (AD 960–1279).
The piece is of depressed globular form, with a wide circular opening, the sides densely lobed and resting on three tiny dot-shaped feet. The piece is covered with a grey glaze with a stained crackle, the feet are unglazed and show a black body. -
Details
- Associated place
-
Asia › China › Jiangxi province › Jingdezhen › Jingdezhen kilns (place of creation)
- Date
-
19th century (1801 - 1900)
Qing Dynasty (1645 - 1911)
- Material and technique
- porcelain, thrown, with grey crackled glaze
- Dimensions
-
2.8 cm (height)
5.5 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.
- LI1301.201
-
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. C190
Glossary (2)
glaze, porcelain
-
glaze
Vitreous coating applied to the surface of a ceramic to make it impermeable or for decorative effect.
-
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
-
- currently in research collection
Objects are sometimes moved to a different location. Our object location data is usually updated on a monthly basis. Contact the Jameel Study Centre if you are planning to visit the museum to see a particular object on display, or would like to arrange an appointment to see an object in our reserve collections.
Publications online
-
The Barlow Collection
This miniature vessel copies the celebrated crackled guan (‘official’) wares of the Song dynasty (AD 960–1279).
The piece is of depressed globular form, with a wide circular opening, the sides densely lobed and resting on three tiny dot-shaped feet. The piece is covered with a grey glaze with a stained crackle, the feet are unglazed and show a black body.
Notice
Object information may not accurately reflect the actual contents of the original publication, since our online objects contain current information held in our collections database. Click on 'buy this publication' to purchase printed versions of our online publications, where available, or contact the Jameel Study Centre to arrange access to books on our collections that are now out of print.
© 2013 University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum