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White ware fang hu, or rectangular vase
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Fujian province (place of creation)
- Date
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17th century (1601 - 1700)
Qing Dynasty (1645 - 1911)
- Material and technique
- stoneware, slab-built, with white glaze
- Dimensions
- 10.3 x 7.9 x 6.2 cm (height x width x depth)
- Material index
- Technique index
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.90
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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. C61
Glossary (3)
glaze, hu, 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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hu
A Chinese ritual baluster vessel.
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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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Publications online
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The Barlow Collection
The small vase is of rectangular section, following an archaic bronze form (fang hu). With pear-shaped body and tapering foot, the piece has a double raised rib at the shoulder, two squared tubular lugs at the sides and corresponding elongated holes in the foot beneath, for inserting a ribbon or cord. The stoneware, which is probably cream-coloured, but now stained, bears an opaque cream-coloured glaze with an overall crackle, all stained yellowish, and with darker browish patches.
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