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Greenware jar
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1911 - 1968
- Material and technique
- stoneware, thrown, with incised decoration under a green glaze
- Dimensions
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11.6 cm (height)
13.3 cm (diameter)
at foot 7.2 cm (diameter)
- Material index
- Technique index
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.371
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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. C371
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
The piece is roughly following a Song dynasty (AD 960–1279) design, but is very heavily potted, with a very coarse foot, and an uncommon glaze colour.
The small globular jar has a low narrow neck with a rolled rim and a straight-cut foot. Two deeply incised grooves mark the edge between shoulder and sides. The opaque glaze is of grey-green colour, the base is glazed but the footring unglazed, showing a reddish-brown biscuit.
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