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Greenware cup
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
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6th - 7th century AD (AD 501 - 700)
Sui Dynasty (AD 589 - 618)
Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 907)
- Material and technique
- stoneware, thrown, with green glaze; unglazed base; glazed rim
- Dimensions
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3.9 cm (height)
8.2 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.
- LI1301.318
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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. C314
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 small cup is hemispherical in shape, with a small, straight foot with lower footring and unevenly shaped base. The dark reddish-brown ware is covered with a white slip and a brownish-green glaze, both of which leave the lowest part free.
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