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White ware tripod bowl
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
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7th - 8th century AD (AD 601 - 800)
Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 907)
- Material and technique
- earthenware, thrown, with white slip under a transparent glaze; feet hand-modelled and luted to the bowl with slip; unglazed base; glazed rim
- Dimensions
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7.5 cm (height)
17 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.188
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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. C177
Glossary (4)
earthenware, glaze, luted, slip
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earthenware
Ceramic material made of clay which is fired to a temperature of c.1000-1200⁰c. The resulting ceramic is non-vitreous and varies in colour from dark red to yellow.
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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.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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The Barlow Collection
The bowl is of metal shape, with concave upper and convex lower half, joined by a sharp ridge, the rounded base with a faint ridge around it, resting on three outward curved legs reminiscent of animal’s paws, with a central raised ridge. The beige-coloured body is covered with a yellow-tinged transparent glaze with a dense crackle, adhering in a thick greenish layer inside, but leaving the underside of the bowl free. The glaze has turned iridescent, particularly at the green patch inside.
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