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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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Black ware jar with loop handles

  • loan
  • Literature notes

    The small jar has a wide rounded shoulder, tapering to a splayed solid foot with chamfered edge. The low waisted neck has a flared rim, and two double-stranded loop handles are attached on the shoulder. The upper part of the sides is textured with a diaper pattern of rouletted diagonal strokes, and the piece is glazed in an olive-brown except for the lowest part of the sides and the flat base. The glaze adheres unevenly leaving a spotty surface, and is partly degraded through burial. The biscuit has a yellowish-buff colour.
  • Details

    Associated place
    Asia China (north) (place of creation)
    Date
    7th century AD (AD 601 - 700)
    Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 907)
    Material and technique
    stoneware, thrown, with impressed decoration under a brown iron glaze; handles hand-modelled and luted to the jar with slip; unglazed base; glazed rim
    Dimensions
    12.5 cm (height)
    14.7 cm (diameter)
    at foot 7.2 cm (diameter)
    Material index
    Technique index
    Object type index
    containervessel jar
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
    Accession no.
    LI1301.141
  • 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. C116

Glossary (4)

glaze, luted, slip, stoneware

  • glaze

    Vitreous coating applied to the surface of a ceramic to make it impermeable or for decorative effect.

  • luted

    The fusion of parts of ceramics using dilute clay slip.

  • slip

    A semi-fluid clay applied to a ceramic before glazing either to coat the surface 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 small jar has a wide rounded shoulder, tapering to a splayed solid foot with chamfered edge. The low waisted neck has a flared rim, and two double-stranded loop handles are attached on the shoulder. The upper part of the sides is textured with a diaper pattern of rouletted diagonal strokes, and the piece is glazed in an olive-brown except for the lowest part of the sides and the flat base. The glaze adheres unevenly leaving a spotty surface, and is partly degraded through burial. The biscuit has a yellowish-buff colour.
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