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White ware incense box and lid with floral decoration
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
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13th century (1201 - 1300)
Southern Song Dynasty (1127 - 1279)
- Material and technique
- porcelain, thrown, with press-moulded and pierced decoration under a bluish-white glaze (qingbai ware); glazed rim
- Dimensions
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5.7 cm (height)
5.5 cm (diameter)
- Material index
- Technique index
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formed › moulded › press moulded,
- Object type index
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container › box › incense-box,
- No. of items
- 2
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.306
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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. C303
Glossary (2)
glaze, porcelain
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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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porcelain
Ceramic material composed of kaolin, quartz, and feldspar which is fired to a temperature of c.1350-1400⁰c. The resulting ceramic is vitreous, translucent, and white 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 has straight sides with a shallow footring and a tall domed openwork cover. The cover is decorated with a central flower-head surrounded by a scrolling band of foliage, all moulded in relief and pierced with a central hole and surrounding cut-outs. The translucent glaze has a bluish tinge, the underside and much of the inside are unglazed.
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