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Changsha ware box and lid
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Hunan province › Changsha › Tongguan kiln-sites (place of creation)
- Date
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9th century AD (AD 801 - 900)
Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 907)
- Material and technique
- stoneware, with painting in brown under a green glaze; unglazed base; unglazed rim
- Dimensions
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6.5 cm (height)
11.2 cm (diameter)
- Material index
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- No. of items
- 2
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.185
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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. C174
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 piece is of cylindrical form, the cover with slightly domed top and bevelled edge, the base also very slightly convex, with a rounded edge. The top is decorated with a sketchy foliate motif, painted under the glaze, probably in copper-green (or iron-brown) but now flaked off and remaining in the biscuit surrounded by green patches. The pale yellowish-green glaze covers the whole piece except for the rims and base, where the pale buff ware is visible.
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