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White ware dish
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Hebei province › Ding kilns (place of creation)
- Date
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11th - 12th century (1001 - 1200)
Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279)
- Material and technique
- stoneware, thrown, with white glaze; glazed base; unglazed rim
- Dimensions
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4.6 cm (height)
16.5 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.353
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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. C352
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 extremely fine in its craftsmanship, the conical sides faintly rounded, the inside with a small flattened centre, the foot broad and low. The inside is exquisitely engraved with a spray of lotus with a bloom and stylized scrolling leaves, and a stem of arrow-head, elegantly arranged to fill all available space, engraved in single and double outlines and structured by slight combing. A single line below the rim confines the design and the outside was left plain. The off-white body bears a translucent glaze of ivory tone, which shows tears of a slightly deeper colour on the outside. The base and footring are largely glazed, but the glaze was wiped from the rim.
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