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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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Greenware cup

  • loan
  • Literature notes

    The shape of this cup, with a solid foot, reminiscent of turned wood, is characteristic of the early stoneware production of north China, which began only in the late 6th century AD, some two thousand years after it had started in the South.

    The deep U-shaped cup is heavily potted, resting on a small splayed, solid foot with chamfered edge and slightly concave base. The near-white stoneware body bears a crackled, light yellowish-green glaze, which leaves the lowest part free. The sides show horizontal markings from potting, and the inside has three spur marks.
  • Details

    Associated place
    Asia China (north) (place of creation)
    Date
    6th century AD (AD 501 - 600)
    Qi Period (AD 479 - 501)
    Sui Dynasty (AD 589 - 618)
    Six Dynasties Period (AD 221 - 589)
    Material and technique
    stoneware, thrown, with green glazed; unglazed base; glazed rim
    Dimensions
    7 cm (height)
    9 cm (diameter)
    Material index
    Technique index
    Object type index
    containervessel cup
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
    Accession no.
    LI1301.324
  • 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. C323

Glossary

stoneware

  • 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

    The shape of this cup, with a solid foot, reminiscent of turned wood, is characteristic of the early stoneware production of north China, which began only in the late 6th century AD, some two thousand years after it had started in the South.

    The deep U-shaped cup is heavily potted, resting on a small splayed, solid foot with chamfered edge and slightly concave base. The near-white stoneware body bears a crackled, light yellowish-green glaze, which leaves the lowest part free. The sides show horizontal markings from potting, and the inside has three spur marks.
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