Room 38 | China from AD 800 gallery
Explore key developments in the history and culture of China, from the arts and crafts of the Song Dynasty up to the present day.
Sir Alan Barlow (1881-1968) was a distinguished civil servant and a leading 20th-century collector of Chinese and other eastern ceramics. His particular focus was the fine stonewares and porcelains of the Tang (AD 618-906) and Song (AD 960-1279) dynasties. Deeply committed to public education, he left the collection as a trust to be used in universities and museums by the widest possible audience. In addition to the examples in this case, pieces are exhibited throughout the Chinese displays and in the Islamic Middle East gallery.
White ware vase with lobed rim and floral decoration (LI1301.53)
White ware dish with floral decoration (LI1301.54)
Greenware bowl in the style of Guan ware (LI1301.49)
White ware bowl with ducks swimming between lotus plants (LI1301.234)
White ware dish with floral decoration (LI1301.434)
Ru ware brush washer (LI1301.229)
Cizhou ware vase with floral decoration (LI1301.189)
Black ware tea bowl with 'partidge feather' glazes (LI1301.286)
Black ware tea bowl with plum blossom decoration (LI1301.124)
Black ware tea bowl with 'partridge feather' glazes (LI1301.331)
White ware bowl (LI1301.57)
Greenware meiping, or plum blossom, vase (LI1301.85)
Greenware dish with floral decoration (LI1301.262)
Guan ware brush washer (LI1301.48)
Bowl with blue glaze and purple splashes (LI1301.172)
Bowl with blue glaze (LI1301.88)
Greenware dish with peony decoration (LI1301.108)
Cizhou ware bowl with peony decoration (LI1301.167)
Black ware vase with plum blossom decoration (LI1301.207.1)
Black ware vase with plum blossom decoration (LI1301.207.2)
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