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Greenware narcissus bowl with four feet in the form of ruyi sceptres
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Zhejiang province › Longquan kilns (probable place of creation)
- Date
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11th - 12th century (1001 - 1200)
Northern Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1127)
- Material and technique
- stoneware, thrown, with moulded decoration under a green glaze; feet moulded and luted to the bowl with slip; glazed base; glazed rim
- Dimensions
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5.1 cm (height)
14.4 cm (diameter)
- Material index
- Technique index
- Object type index
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container › vessel › pot › plant-pot › flower-pot
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.310
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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. C307
Glossary (4)
glaze, luted, slip, 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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luted
The fusion of parts of ceramics using dilute clay slip.
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slip
A semi-fluid clay applied to a ceramic before glazing either to coat the surface 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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The Barlow Collection
The feet of this piece are shaped like the top of ruyi sceptres, talismans believed to bestow good luck. Ruyi means ‘as you wish’ and the ruyi sceptre derives its shape from the longevity fungus (lingzhi).
The small piece is thickly potted with curved sides, a rounded flange at the rim and a flat flange above a low circular foot around which four ruyi-shaped feet are attached, on which the piece rests. The base is slightly convex, with a circular concave patch in the centre. The piece is undecorated except for the moulded relief of the feet. The grey stoneware is thinly covered with a grey-green glaze, which leaves much of the centre inside and the base exposed in the biscuit.
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