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 'hare's fur' glazes and auspicious inscription
- loan
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Literature notes
The deep rounded bowl has sturdy walls, a slightly flared rim and a low foot with a broad, unevenly cut footring. The rough dark brown body is covered with a dark brown glaze, applied in two layers. The inside is decorated with four roundels reserved in brown on an evenly mottled glaze of milky brown and bluish tones. The roundels enclose a Chinese character each, probably good wishes, including the characters jin (‘gold’) and an (‘peace’) or wen (‘literature’), but are obscured due to running glaze pigments. The outside is glazed brown with uneven splashes in similar tones. The glaze stops above the base in uneven lines, the first layer reaching further down than the second. -
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 (AD 960 - 1127)
- Material and technique
- stoneware, thrown, with papercut decoration in reserve against iron glazes; unglazed base; glazed rim
- Dimensions
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6.1 cm (height)
12.8 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.
- LI1301.129
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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. C103
Glossary
stoneware
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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 deep rounded bowl has sturdy walls, a slightly flared rim and a low foot with a broad, unevenly cut footring. The rough dark brown body is covered with a dark brown glaze, applied in two layers. The inside is decorated with four roundels reserved in brown on an evenly mottled glaze of milky brown and bluish tones. The roundels enclose a Chinese character each, probably good wishes, including the characters jin (‘gold’) and an (‘peace’) or wen (‘literature’), but are obscured due to running glaze pigments. The outside is glazed brown with uneven splashes in similar tones. The glaze stops above the base in uneven lines, the first layer reaching further down than the second.
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