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The Barlow Collection

A select catalogue of the Barlow collection of Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes and Jades by the University of Sussex (published Sussex, 2006).

The Barlow Collection by the University of Sussex

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White ware bowl with floral decoration

  • loan
  • Literature notes

    The piece copies Ding ware of the Northern Song dynasty (AD 960–1127), but the opaque glaze is very different from the original.

    With wide conical sides, slightly flaring towards the rim, and a narrow, somewhat splayed foot, the piece is decorated on the outside with an incised flower-scroll border between a band of petal panels and a border of ruyi heads in relief around the rim. The off-white body is covered with an opaque cream-coloured glaze with a grainy surface, which largely obliterates the design. The inside appears to be plain.
  • Details

    Associated place
    Asia China (place of creation)
    Date
    1911 - 1968
    Material and technique
    porcelain, thrown, with incised decoration under a white glaze
    Dimensions
    5.5 cm (height)
    17 cm (diameter)
    Material index
    Technique index
    Object type index
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
    Accession no.
    LI1301.116
  • 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. C89

Glossary (2)

glaze, porcelain

  • glaze

    Vitreous coating applied to the surface of a ceramic to make it impermeable or for decorative effect.

  • porcelain

    Ceramic material composed of kaolin, quartz, and feldspar which is fired to a temperature of c.1350-1400⁰c. The resulting ceramic is vitreous, translucent, and white in colour.

Location

    • currently in research collection

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Publications online

  • The Barlow Collection by the University of Sussex

    The Barlow Collection

    The piece copies Ding ware of the Northern Song dynasty (AD 960–1127), but the opaque glaze is very different from the original.

    With wide conical sides, slightly flaring towards the rim, and a narrow, somewhat splayed foot, the piece is decorated on the outside with an incised flower-scroll border between a band of petal panels and a border of ruyi heads in relief around the rim. The off-white body is covered with an opaque cream-coloured glaze with a grainy surface, which largely obliterates the design. The inside appears to be plain.
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