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 female attendant holding a dish
- loan
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Literature notes
For a contemporary vase like that held by one of these figures, see the piece in the Barlow Collection, [LI1301.37].
The two ladies are gracefully modelled, both made from similar moulds, but the arms and utensils individually modelled and attached. They are standing with heads held straight, hair parted and wound up in an elaborate coiffure, perhaps held with scarves, their slender bodies dressed in straight, high-waisted garments, tied with long ribbons, with over-long narrow sleeves. One figure holds a pear-shaped vase with recessed cover, the sleeves hiding her hands, the other is holding a dish, with one hand revealed. The pale beige-coloured pottery body is covered with a white slip which ends above the base, and a transparent glaze, which is largely degraded. The figures are hollow. -
Details
- Associated place
- Material and technique
- earthenware, moulded and luted together, and covered in white slip under a transparent glaze
- Dimensions
- 26.5 x 7 x 6.1 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.
- LI1301.396.2
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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. S3
Glossary (4)
earthenware, glaze, 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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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.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Publications online
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The Barlow Collection
For a contemporary vase like that held by one of these figures, see the piece in the Barlow Collection, [LI1301.37].
The two ladies are gracefully modelled, both made from similar moulds, but the arms and utensils individually modelled and attached. They are standing with heads held straight, hair parted and wound up in an elaborate coiffure, perhaps held with scarves, their slender bodies dressed in straight, high-waisted garments, tied with long ribbons, with over-long narrow sleeves. One figure holds a pear-shaped vase with recessed cover, the sleeves hiding her hands, the other is holding a dish, with one hand revealed. The pale beige-coloured pottery body is covered with a white slip which ends above the base, and a transparent glaze, which is largely degraded. The figures are hollow.
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