Room 38 | China from AD 800 gallery
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Greenware meiping, or plum blossom, vase
- on display
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Zhejiang province › Longquan kilns (possible place of creation)Asia › China › Jiangxi province › Jingdezhen › Jingdezhen kilns (possible place of creation)
- Date
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13th century (1201 - 1300)
Southern Song Dynasty (1127 - 1279)
- Material and technique
- stoneware, thrown, with ribbed decoration under a bluish-green glaze; glazed base; glazed rim
- Dimensions
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19.4 cm (height)
12.1 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.85
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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. C56
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
This piece is rather finer in body material than the usual Longquan wares, and may rather have been made in the porcelain-producing region of Jingdezhen in Jiangxi province.
With a low, narrow waisted neck, the vase tapers from a rounded shoulder towards the base, which is recessed and surrounded by a broad footring. The sides are decorated with overall horizontal grooves, the neck is plain. The near-white stoneware body carries a translucent light blue-green glaze, the unglazed footring has fired an intense brick-red, and the base has grit adhering.
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