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Bowl with dragons among clouds

  • loan
  • Details

    Associated place
    Asia China (place of creation)
    Date
    1911 - 1940
    Material and technique
    stoneware, thrown, with moulded decoration under a pinkish-brown glaze
    Dimensions
    8.5 cm (height)
    21.3 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.
    LI1301.254
  • 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. C246

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.

Location

    • currently in research collection

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Publications online

  • The Barlow Collection by the University of Sussex

    The Barlow Collection

    Although in its form and design this bowl copies white Song (AD 960–1279) prototypes, no such glaze colour existed during that period.

    The sides of this conical bowl are faintly rounded outside and very straight inside, with a flat centre. The inside is moulded with a central rosette emitting spiralling flames, the sides with a pair of five-clawed dragons among clouds and the rim with a key-fret border. The outside is plain. The opaque milky glaze has an intense pink tinge overall, the unglazed base and footring are covered with a purplish-red dressing.
  • The Barlow Collection by the University of Sussex

    The Barlow Collection

    Although in its form and design this bowl copies white Song (AD 960–1279) prototypes, no such glaze colour existed during that period.

    The sides of this conical bowl are faintly rounded outside and very straight inside, with a flat centre. The inside is moulded with a central rosette emitting spiralling flames, the sides with a pair of five-clawed dragons among clouds and the rim with a key-fret border. The outside is plain. The opaque milky glaze has an intense pink tinge overall, the unglazed base and footring are covered with a purplish-red dressing.

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