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Greenware cup with lotus petals
- loan
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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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14th century (1301 - 1400)
Yuan Dynasty (1279 - 1368)
- Material and technique
- stoneware, thrown, with carved decoration under a green glaze; glazed base
- Dimensions
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5 cm (height)
8.8 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.221
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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. C210
Glossary (2)
glaze, 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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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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Publications online
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The Barlow Collection
The cup has steeply rounded sides, a straight foot and a pointed base, and the outside is carved in relief with a rank of overlapping lotus petals. The piece is heavily potted, the grey-green glaze finely crackled on the inside, the yellowish-brown biscuit exposed on the footring.
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