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Vase with copper-red glaze
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Jiangxi province › Jingdezhen › Jingdezhen kilns (place of creation)
- Associated people
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Qianlong, Emperor of China (ruled 1736 - 1795) (named on object)
- Material and technique
- porcelain, thrown, with copper-red glaze; green glaze on base and inside
- Dimensions
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29 cm (height)
19.5 cm (diameter)
at foot 11.5 cm (diameter)
- Material index
- Technique index
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.110
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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. C83a
Glossary (2)
glaze, porcelain
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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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porcelain
Ceramic material composed of kaolin, quartz, and feldspar which is fired to a temperature of c.1350-1400⁰c. The resulting ceramic is vitreous, translucent, and white 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 thick red glaze of this vase is often referred to as a sang-de-boeuf glaze.
The vase has a broad globular body, a wide straight foot, and a tall, slender neck which flares towards the rim. The outside is covered with a thick glaze of intense, rich opaque copper-red colour with slight overall mottling, the inside and base are covered with a green-tinged crackled translucent glaze. The footring is unglazed, the base incised with a six-character Qianlong seal mark.
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