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
Figure of a camel
- loan
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Literature notes
The camel has its head raised up high, its mouth open, and is standing four-square on a rectangular plinth. The humps are bent in opposite directions, the tail is curled to one side. The mane, front of the neck, top of the legs, and the humps all show rough fur, which is glazed in amber-yellow, like the tail, while the rest of the animal is covered with a yellow-tinged transparent glaze, probably applied over white slip. Fitted around the humps is an oval saddle cloth coloured in sancai (‘three colours’), with an incised diaper pattern and a green pleated hem border. The green glaze has run down the sides in long streaks, the amber down the legs. The body is hollow and open underneath. -
Details
- Associated place
- Date
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7th - 8th century AD (AD 601 - 800)
Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 907)
- Material and technique
- earthenware, moulded and luted together, covered in white slip and with incised decoration under sancai and transparent glazes
- Dimensions
- 69.5 x 47.9 x 21.6 cm (height x width x depth)
- Material index
- Technique index
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.411
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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. S17b
Glossary (3)
earthenware, luted, slip
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earthenware
Ceramic material made of clay which is fired to a temperature of c.1000-1200⁰c. The resulting ceramic is non-vitreous and varies in colour from dark red to yellow.
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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.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Publications online
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The Barlow Collection
The camel has its head raised up high, its mouth open, and is standing four-square on a rectangular plinth. The humps are bent in opposite directions, the tail is curled to one side. The mane, front of the neck, top of the legs, and the humps all show rough fur, which is glazed in amber-yellow, like the tail, while the rest of the animal is covered with a yellow-tinged transparent glaze, probably applied over white slip. Fitted around the humps is an oval saddle cloth coloured in sancai (‘three colours’), with an incised diaper pattern and a green pleated hem border. The green glaze has run down the sides in long streaks, the amber down the legs. The body is hollow and open underneath.
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