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Greenware jar and lid surmounted by an elephant
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Zhejiang province (place of creation)
- Date
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13th century (1201 - 1300)
Southern Song Dynasty (1127 - 1279)
- Material and technique
- stoneware, thrown, with green glaze; hand-modelled decoration luted to the lid with slip; glazed base; unglazed rim
- Dimensions
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13.5 cm (height)
9.8 cm (diameter)
at base 5.5 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 2
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.190.2
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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. C179
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 ovoid jars have a somewhat angled shoulder and a short wide neck, the bases are deeply recessed, with thick footrings. The flat covers have elephant knobs, the animals are simply modelled, standing four-square, with long trunks and large ears. The densely crackled glazes are of olive-green tone, one slightly more yellowish than the other. The unglazed rims and footrings have fired a brick-red or yellowish-brown.
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