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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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Greenware bowl

  • loan
  • Literature notes

    The bowl has rounded sides with a slightly outward turned lip, and a splayed foot. The sides are very slightly structured through five short vertical indents on the outside, faintly visible on the inside. The grey stoneware is covered with an olive-green glaze which has turned reddish through burial in red earth. The footring was fully covered with glaze and the piece was fired standing on five dot-shaped spurs, which have left marks on the base.
  • Details

    Associated place
    AsiaChina Hunan province (place of creation)
    Date
    8th - 9th century AD (AD 701 - 900)
    Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 907)
    Material and technique
    stoneware, thrown, with green glaze; glazed base; glazed rim
    Dimensions
    6.5 cm (height)
    16.5 cm (diameter)
    Material index
    Technique index
    coveredcoated glazed,
    Object type index
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
    Accession no.
    LI1301.333
  • 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. C333

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

    The bowl has rounded sides with a slightly outward turned lip, and a splayed foot. The sides are very slightly structured through five short vertical indents on the outside, faintly visible on the inside. The grey stoneware is covered with an olive-green glaze which has turned reddish through burial in red earth. The footring was fully covered with glaze and the piece was fired standing on five dot-shaped spurs, which have left marks on the base.
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