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Cizhou ware cup and stand with dotted florets
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Cizhou kiln-sites (place of creation)
- Date
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11th - 12th century (1001 - 1200)
Northern Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1127)
- Material and technique
- stoneware, thrown, covered in white slip, and with brown slip-painted decoration under a transparent glaze; unglazed base; glazed rim
- Dimensions
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with stand 4.2 cm (height)
without stand 3.1 cm (height)
stand 2.2 cm (height)
stand 6.9 cm (diameter)
cup 6.3 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 2
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.390
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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. C389
Glossary (3)
glaze, 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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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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Publications online
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The Barlow Collection
Small vessels with similar dotted decoration have been discovered at the main Cizhou kiln site at Guantai in Ci county, Hebei province; see Guantai Cizhou yaozhi/The Cizhou Kiln Site at Guantai, Beijing, 1997, col.pl.XX, fig.2, and pl.XIX, fig.2.
The cup has conical, slightly rounded sides with a flared rim and a tall, straight foot; the stand is shaped like a dish, with a similar tall, straight foot, a raised rim and a pierced centre with a thin curved edge to support the cup. The cream-coloured stoneware appears to be slipped and is decorated in brown with simple dotted florets inside the cup and around the stand, under a transparent glaze. The lowest part of the cup is unglazed and the glaze has flaked off in one area on the outside; the stand is mainly unglazed on the inside and underside.
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