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Glazed bowl with lotus scroll decoration
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
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12th - 13th century (1101 - 1300)
Southern Song Dynasty (1127 - 1279)
- Material and technique
- stoneware, thrown, with incised and combed decoration under a yellowish glaze; unglazed base; copper rim
- Dimensions
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7.5 cm (height)
19 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.
- LI1301.162
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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. C139
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 bowl has rounded conical sides with a flared rim and a low straight foot. The inside is incised with a lotus scroll with a bloom, leaf and stems of arrow-head, all with quickly incised outlines and combed details. The centre and outside are undecorated. The dark buff ware is covered with a pale yellowish celadon glaze, which leaves the rough body exposed at the foot and base. The rim is bound in copper.
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