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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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Figure of a seated female attendant with a dog

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  • Literature notes

    The two figures were probably inspired by Tang (AD 618–907) or earlier burial figures, but their features, dress style and poses are not known from China’s antiquity, and the solid manufacture is also not consistent with an early date.

    Both figures have rounded faces and their hair is wound up into a tiny chignon. One is depicted half seated on the ground, with the left leg raised, the pointed tip of her shoe visible under a long dress with tight bodice and wide skirt, pushed up to reveal the left leg, which is covered by an undergarment. The other figure is shown seated on a roughened furry support, holding a dog, her skirt pulled up on both sides to show both legs in an undergarment. Both figures are solidly made, of dark grey pottery, covered with a white dressing and showing traces of pigments. The undersides are closed and the figures heavy.
  • Details

    Associated place
    Asia China (place of creation)
    Date
    1911 - 1963
    Material and technique
    earthenware, moulded, painted white, and with traces of pigment
    Dimensions
    24.6 x 16.6 x 14 cm (height x width x depth)
    Material index
    Technique index
    Object type index
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
    Accession no.
    LI1301.404.2
  • 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. S11

Glossary

earthenware

  • earthenware

    Ceramic material made of clay which is fired to a temperature of c.1000-1200⁰c. The resulting ceramic is non-vitreous and varies in colour from dark red to yellow.

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  • The Barlow Collection by the University of Sussex

    The Barlow Collection

    The two figures were probably inspired by Tang (AD 618–907) or earlier burial figures, but their features, dress style and poses are not known from China’s antiquity, and the solid manufacture is also not consistent with an early date.

    Both figures have rounded faces and their hair is wound up into a tiny chignon. One is depicted half seated on the ground, with the left leg raised, the pointed tip of her shoe visible under a long dress with tight bodice and wide skirt, pushed up to reveal the left leg, which is covered by an undergarment. The other figure is shown seated on a roughened furry support, holding a dog, her skirt pulled up on both sides to show both legs in an undergarment. Both figures are solidly made, of dark grey pottery, covered with a white dressing and showing traces of pigments. The undersides are closed and the figures heavy.
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