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Figure of a man
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
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7th - 8th century AD (AD 601 - 800)
Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 907)
- Material and technique
- earthenware, moulded and luted together, with incised decoration and traces of polychrome pigments
- Dimensions
- 24.7 x 6.8 x 7.2 cm (height x width x depth)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.405
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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. S12
Glossary (2)
earthenware, luted
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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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luted
The fusion of parts of ceramics using dilute clay slip.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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The Barlow Collection
The figure is roughly moulded in two halves, identified as a foreigner with sharp nose, moustache and prominent eyebrows, wearing a pointed hat with turned-up brim at the front and back, a knee-length coat with open lapels and long pushed-up sleeves, trousers and boots, the space between the legs not hollowed out. The light grey pottery body shows traces of red pigment for the coat, green for the lapels, blue for the hat and black for the hair.
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