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Black ware storage jar with lug handles
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Details
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- Date
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15th - 16th century (1401 - 1600)
Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644)
- Material and technique
- stoneware, thrown, with black iron glaze; handles hand-modelled and luted to jar with slip; gilt repair on rim
- Dimensions
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24 cm (height)
23.4 cm (diameter)
at foot 13.7 cm (diameter)
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container › vessel › jar › storage-jar
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.64
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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. C30
Glossary (4)
glaze, luted, slip, 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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luted
The fusion of parts of ceramics using dilute clay slip.
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slip
A semi-fluid clay applied to a ceramic before glazing either to coat the surface 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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- currently in research collection
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The Barlow Collection
The ovoid jar has a broad splayed foot, a short wide neck, accentuated with two ribs, and two pairs of small lugs attached at shoulder and neck. The body shows horizontal grooves from turning. The piece is fully glazed, leaving only the underside of the foot free, the biscuit is of buff colour. The black glaze has overall crazing, which has later been treated to make it more apparent. One lug and a chip at the rim have gilt repairs.
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