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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 jar and lid

  • loan
  • Literature notes

    This distinctive shape, with the sunken cover, is characteristic of the Sui dynasty, as is this fine white stoneware. The Barlow Collection also holds a contemporary tomb figure of a female attendant holding a jar of this form, [LI1301.396.1 and LI1301.396.2].

    The piece is finely potted, of broad pear shape, resting on a wide, slightly tapering, nearly solid foot with broad shallow footring. The slender neck is opening into an angled, cup-shaped mouth with flared rim. The cover is made in corresponding shape, fitting over the rim of the jar, with a pointed knob in the sunken centre. The cream-coloured stoneware bears a transparent glaze with a greenish tinge and a dense crackle, which leaves the underside of the cover and lowest part of the sides, including the base of the jar unglazed, where the smooth body is visible.
  • Details

    Associated place
    AsiaChina Henan province (place of creation)
    Date
    Sui Dynasty (AD 589 - 618)
    Material and technique
    stoneware, thrown, with transparent glaze; unglazed base; glazed rim
    Dimensions
    with lid 12.2 cm (height)
    without lid 11.5 cm (height)
    12.5 cm (diameter)
    at foot 9.5 cm (diameter)
    Material index
    Technique index
    Object type index
    containervessel jar,
    No. of items
    2
    Credit line
    Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
    Accession no.
    LI1301.37
  • 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. C1

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

    This distinctive shape, with the sunken cover, is characteristic of the Sui dynasty, as is this fine white stoneware. The Barlow Collection also holds a contemporary tomb figure of a female attendant holding a jar of this form, [LI1301.396.1 and LI1301.396.2].

    The piece is finely potted, of broad pear shape, resting on a wide, slightly tapering, nearly solid foot with broad shallow footring. The slender neck is opening into an angled, cup-shaped mouth with flared rim. The cover is made in corresponding shape, fitting over the rim of the jar, with a pointed knob in the sunken centre. The cream-coloured stoneware bears a transparent glaze with a greenish tinge and a dense crackle, which leaves the underside of the cover and lowest part of the sides, including the base of the jar unglazed, where the smooth body is visible.
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