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A select catalogue of the Barlow collection of Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes and Jades by the University of Sussex (published Sussex, 2006).

The Barlow Collection by the University of Sussex

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Changsha ware bowl in the form of an alms bowl

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  • Literature notes

    Related bowls and dishes were made in southeastern China in the 5th and 6th century AD, see Zhongguo taoci quanji [Complete series on Chinese ceramics], vol.4, Shanghai, 2000, pls 200 and 217, but the present piece appears to be a later version from the Changsha kilns.

    The globular bowl is shaped like an almsbowl, with flat base and incurved rim. It is undecorated and covered overall with a yellowish-green glaze which has slightly degraded and discoloured through burial in red earth. It was fired standing on five small bar-shaped spurs, with another piece placed inside it, raised on four dot-shaped spurs, all of which have left marks in the glaze.
  • Details

    Associated place
    AsiaChina Hunan province (Changsha kilns) (place of creation)
    Date
    8th - 9th century AD (AD 701 - 900)
    Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 907)
    Material and technique
    stoneware, thrown, with green glaze; glazed base; glazed rim
    Dimensions
    11 cm (height)
    19 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.
    LI1301.341
  • 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. C341

Glossary (2)

glaze, stoneware

  • glaze

    Vitreous coating applied to the surface of a ceramic to make it impermeable or for decorative effect.

  • stoneware

    Ceramic material made of clay which is fired to a temperature of c.1200-1300⁰c and is often buff or grey in colour.

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Publications online

  • The Barlow Collection by the University of Sussex

    The Barlow Collection

    Related bowls and dishes were made in southeastern China in the 5th and 6th century AD, see Zhongguo taoci quanji [Complete series on Chinese ceramics], vol.4, Shanghai, 2000, pls 200 and 217, but the present piece appears to be a later version from the Changsha kilns.

    The globular bowl is shaped like an almsbowl, with flat base and incurved rim. It is undecorated and covered overall with a yellowish-green glaze which has slightly degraded and discoloured through burial in red earth. It was fired standing on five small bar-shaped spurs, with another piece placed inside it, raised on four dot-shaped spurs, all of which have left marks in the glaze.
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