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Greenware bowl and lid with lotus petals
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Zhejiang province › Longquan kilns (place of creation)
- Date
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12th - 13th century (1101 - 1300)
Southern Song Dynasty (1127 - 1279)
- Material and technique
- stoneware, thrown, with incised decoration under a green celadon glaze; glazed base; unglazed rim
- Dimensions
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with lid 7.5 cm (height)
without lid 6 cm (height)
bowl 9.5 cm (diameter)
lid 9.4 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 2
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.106
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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. C78
Glossary (2)
glaze, 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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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
Several covered bowls of this type had been included in a hoard, buried in Suining county, Sichuan province, presumably around the time the Mongols invaded the area, in 1234, and before the town fell, in 1242.
The deep U-shaped bowl has a tapering foot and convex base, and is carved on the outside with overlapping lotus petals in relief. The rim and footring are unglazed and yellowish brown, the glaze is a watery, glossy bluish-green. One side has two rough patches, where the piece came in contact with something while still soft. The shallow domed cover has a slightly flared rim and a tiny knob, around which overlapping lotus petals are incised. The watery blue-green glaze leaves the rim area underside exposed in the bright red biscuit. The cover does not fit the bowl well, and may be slightly earlier in date.
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