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White ware bowl

  • loan
  • Details

    Associated place
    Asia China (place of creation)
    Date
    1911 - 1963
    Material and technique
    porcelain, thrown, with white glaze
    Dimensions
    3.8 cm (height)
    10.6 cm (diameter)
    Material index
    Technique index
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    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
    Accession no.
    LI1301.73
  • 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. C42

Glossary (2)

glaze, porcelain

  • glaze

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

  • porcelain

    Ceramic material composed of kaolin, quartz, and feldspar which is fired to a temperature of c.1350-1400⁰c. The resulting ceramic is vitreous, translucent, and white in colour.

Location

    • currently in research collection

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  • The Barlow Collection by the University of Sussex

    The Barlow Collection

    Fine monochrome white porcelain bowls were made particularly during the Yongle reign (1403–1424), but the present piece differs from the 15th-century pieces in material, potting and profile.

    The conical bowl is very thinly potted, with a flat centre inside, a slightly flared rim, and a short, somewhat splayed foot. The piece is undecorated.

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