The Barlow Collection
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Bowl with floral decoration and a three colour glaze
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Literature notes
The low rounded bowl is moulded with a pattern of raised scroll motifs on the base and three bands of florets on the sides. The inside is covered in dotted sancai (‘three colour’) glazes of amber, green and white, the outside bears an amber-brown glaze, which has run towards the rim since the piece was fired upside down, supported on three spurs which have left marks in the centre inside. -
Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Henan province (Gongxian kiln-sites) (place of creation)
- Date
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7th - 8th century AD (AD 601 - 800)
Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 907)
- Material and technique
- earthenware, with moulded decoration under a brown glaze outside; sancai glaze inside; glazed base; glazed rim
- Dimensions
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3.6 cm (height)
9.6 cm (diameter)
- Material index
- Technique index
- Object type index
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container › vessel › pot › burial-pot,
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.43
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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. C7b
Glossary (2)
earthenware, glaze
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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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glaze
Vitreous coating applied to the surface of a ceramic to make it impermeable or for decorative effect.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Publications online
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The Barlow Collection
The low rounded bowl is moulded with a pattern of raised scroll motifs on the base and three bands of florets on the sides. The inside is covered in dotted sancai (‘three colour’) glazes of amber, green and white, the outside bears an amber-brown glaze, which has run towards the rim since the piece was fired upside down, supported on three spurs which have left marks in the centre inside.
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