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Greenware miniature arrow vase
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Zhejiang province › Longquan kilns (place of creation)
- Date
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13th - 14th century (1201 - 1400)
Yuan Dynasty (1279 - 1368)
- Material and technique
- stoneware, thrown, with green celadon glaze; lugs luted with to the vase with slip
- Dimensions
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10.3 cm (height)
7.5 cm (diameter)
at foot 4.6 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.182
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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. C170
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
Larger vases of this form were used for the pitch-pot game, where arrows had to be thrown into the mouth or tubular openings of the vase.
The small vase has a globular body, a straight foot with pointed base and a cylindrical neck flanked at the top by two cylindrical lugs. The piece is thickly potted and evenly glazed in a yellowish green, the footring is unglazed and has fired a reddish brown.
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