The Barlow Collection
A select catalogue of the Barlow collection of Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes and Jades by the University of Sussex (published Sussex, 2006).
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Greenware or qingbai ware funerary vase with lid surmounted by a dog
- loan
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Literature notes
This vase, although in principle similar to funerary vessels made by the Longquan kilns, is made of a porcellaneous stoneware, covered with a smooth, translucent blue-green glaze of very fine texture and colour, which shows the white body underneath and has some translucent crackle. It was probably made by a different south-Chinese kiln centre, perhaps in Jiangxi province.
The tall vase is heavily potted, the ovoid body with a thick splayed foot and tapering towards the rim in three bulging sections. The lowest one is applied with five tubular sockets. The domed cover has an everted rim and a small, freely modelled dog applied as knob. The animal is depicted reclining, its head raised, one paw outstretched, one leg angled, and the tail curled up. The underside of the cover, rim and base of the vase are remaining is the biscuit, which has turned a light reddish-brown. -
Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Jiangxi province (possible place of creation)Asia › China › Zhejiang province (possible place of creation)
- Date
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13th century (1201 - 1300)
Southern Song Dynasty (1127 - 1279)
- Material and technique
- stoneware, thrown, with hand-modelled decoration luted with slip under a green or bluish-white (qingbai ware) glaze; unglazed base
- Dimensions
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25.8 cm (height)
12 cm (diameter)
at foot 8.2 cm (diameter)
- Material index
- Technique index
- Object type index
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container › vessel › pot › burial-pot,
- No. of items
- 2
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.100
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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. C72
Glossary (4)
glaze, luted, slip, stoneware
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glaze
Vitreous coating applied to the surface of a ceramic to make it impermeable or for decorative effect.
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luted
The fusion of parts of ceramics using dilute clay slip.
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slip
A semi-fluid clay applied to a ceramic before glazing either to coat the surface or for decorative effect.
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stoneware
Ceramic material made of clay which is fired to a temperature of c.1200-1300⁰c and is often buff or grey in colour.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Publications online
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The Barlow Collection
This vase, although in principle similar to funerary vessels made by the Longquan kilns, is made of a porcellaneous stoneware, covered with a smooth, translucent blue-green glaze of very fine texture and colour, which shows the white body underneath and has some translucent crackle. It was probably made by a different south-Chinese kiln centre, perhaps in Jiangxi province.
The tall vase is heavily potted, the ovoid body with a thick splayed foot and tapering towards the rim in three bulging sections. The lowest one is applied with five tubular sockets. The domed cover has an everted rim and a small, freely modelled dog applied as knob. The animal is depicted reclining, its head raised, one paw outstretched, one leg angled, and the tail curled up. The underside of the cover, rim and base of the vase are remaining is the biscuit, which has turned a light reddish-brown.
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