The Barlow Collection
A select catalogue of the Barlow collection of Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes and Jades by the University of Sussex (published Sussex, 2006).
Publications online: 456 objects
Black ware tea bowl with phoenixes
- loan
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Literature notes
The bowl is of wide rounded form and has a groove for better handling below the rim outside, and an almost solid, straight narrow foot with shallow, unevenly cut footring. The dark brown glaze reaches only halfway down the sides, the unglazed part being covered with a reddish-brown dressing. The base and footring are unglazed and show the coarse yellowish-beige ware. The inside is painted in a milky yellowish-brown tone with a pair of phoenixes and two butterflies circling round a central flower-head. -
Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Jiangxi province › Yonghe district › Ji'an › Jizhou kiln-sites (place of creation)
- Date
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12th - 13th century (1101 - 1300)
Southern Song Dynasty (1127 - 1279)
Yuan Dynasty (1279 - 1368)
- Material and technique
- stoneware, thrown, with painting in russet iron glaze on a black iron glaze; unglazed base; glazed rim
- Dimensions
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5.4 cm (height)
11.3 cm (diameter)
- Material index
- Technique index
- Object type index
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container › vessel › bowl › drinking-bowl › tea-bowl,
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.125
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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. C99
Glossary (2)
glaze, 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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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
The bowl is of wide rounded form and has a groove for better handling below the rim outside, and an almost solid, straight narrow foot with shallow, unevenly cut footring. The dark brown glaze reaches only halfway down the sides, the unglazed part being covered with a reddish-brown dressing. The base and footring are unglazed and show the coarse yellowish-beige ware. The inside is painted in a milky yellowish-brown tone with a pair of phoenixes and two butterflies circling round a central flower-head.
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