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The Barlow Collection

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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White ware bowl with dragons

  • loan
  • Literature notes

    This bowl is imitating anhua, the ‘hidden decoration’ developed in the early Ming period (1368–1644), but the technique used is not correct, nor has the remarkable effect of the originals been achieved, where the design becomes properly visible only when the piece is held against the light.

    The wide rounded bowl has a slightly recessed centre inside and a flared rim, the foot is straight. The inside is decorated in relief with two pairs of dragons with lingzhi-shaped clouds between and another cloud in the centre. The decoration around the sides has relief outlines and incised detail to imitate anhua. The outside is undecorated except for a band of incised petal panels above the foot.
  • Details

    Associated place
    Asia China (place of creation)
    Date
    1911 - 1963
    Material and technique
    porcelain, thrown, with incised decoration under a transparent glaze
    Dimensions
    7.8 cm (height)
    18.5 cm (diameter)
    Material index
    Technique index
    coveredcoated glazed,
    Object type index
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
    Accession no.
    LI1301.72
  • 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. C41

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

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Publications online

  • The Barlow Collection by the University of Sussex

    The Barlow Collection

    This bowl is imitating anhua, the ‘hidden decoration’ developed in the early Ming period (1368–1644), but the technique used is not correct, nor has the remarkable effect of the originals been achieved, where the design becomes properly visible only when the piece is held against the light.

    The wide rounded bowl has a slightly recessed centre inside and a flared rim, the foot is straight. The inside is decorated in relief with two pairs of dragons with lingzhi-shaped clouds between and another cloud in the centre. The decoration around the sides has relief outlines and incised detail to imitate anhua. The outside is undecorated except for a band of incised petal panels above the foot.
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