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Greenware bowl with lotus leaves and a tortoise
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Zhejiang province › Longquan kilns (place of creation)
- Date
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13th century (1201 - 1300)
Southern Song Dynasty (1127 - 1279)
- Material and technique
- stoneware, thrown, with incised and slip decoration under a green crackled glaze; glazed base; glazed rim
- Dimensions
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5.2 cm (height)
11.5 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.280
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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. C275
Glossary (3)
glaze, slip, stoneware
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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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slip
A semi-fluid clay applied to a ceramic before glazing either to coat the surface or for decorative effect.
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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
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- currently in research collection
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The Barlow Collection
The well-rounded bowl has a narrow tapering foot and pointed base, and a widely flaring rim with has been bent down in six places, to suggest a curled leaf. The inside has been incised with veins to depict a lotus leaf, a central raised boss has been turned into a tiny tortoise by application of slip to indicate head, tail, legs and markings of the carapace. The translucent, dark green glaze is highly glossy and watery and forms a thick glassy layer in the down-curved areas of the rim; in between and on the base, where it has drained away and is very thin, it has fired a yellowish-brown, which forms an interesting contrast to the green. The outside is undecorated and has an attractive crackle. The footring is also yellowish-brown.
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