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White ware ewer with spout in the form of a dragon
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1911 - 1968
- Material and technique
- porcelain, thrown, with a transparent glaze; handle and spout hand-modelled and luted to ewer with slip
- Dimensions
- 5.2 x 10.3 x 6.3 cm (height x width x depth)
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- No. of items
- 2
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.154
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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. C131
Glossary (4)
glaze, luted, porcelain, slip
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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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luted
The fusion of parts of ceramics using dilute clay slip.
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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.
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slip
A semi-fluid clay applied to a ceramic before glazing either to coat the surface or for decorative effect.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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The Barlow Collection
The piece may be vaguely inspired by melon-shaped ewers of qingbai porcelain of the Song dynasty (AD 960–1279).
It is of lobed melon shape with a dragon-shaped spout and a thin curled handle with hooks. The flat cover has a pointed knob. The piece bears a transparent glaze except at the rim of the ewer and underside of the cover. The underside of the ewer, which has no separate foot or base, shows dot-shaped spur marks.
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