Room 38 | China from AD 800 gallery
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Greenware bowl in the style of Guan ware
- on display
- 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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13th century (1201 - 1300)
Southern Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1127)
- Material and technique
- stoneware, thrown, with green crackled glaze; copper rim; glazed base
- Dimensions
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5.5 cm (height)
15.3 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.49
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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. C13
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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Second floor | Room 38 | China from 800
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Second floor | Room 38 | China from 800
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The Barlow Collection
The bowl has straight conical sides, a narrow foot with low footring, and a convex base. It is undecorated and covered with a thick, light green glaze of jade-like appearance with two distinct types of crackle, one wide-meshed and dark-stained, the other dense and with clear veins reminiscent of cracked ice. The unglazed footring has burnt a brick-red, and the rim is bound in copper.
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