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Greenware vase with peony scroll decoration
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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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15th century (1401 - 1500)
Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644)
- Material and technique
- stoneware, thrown, with carved decoration under a green celadon glaze; glazed base
- Dimensions
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22.7 cm (height)
17 cm (diameter)
at foot 6.7 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.220
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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. C209
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 pear-shaped vase tapers to a very slender, waisted neck with flared rim, flanked by two tubular lugs, and rests on a thick, slightly splayed foot. The body is carved in shallow relief with a continuous peony scroll with a large bloom on each side, framed by a curling stem of leaves, with two further leafy stems curling in the opposite direction under each handle. The light yellowish-green glaze covers the whole piece except for the footring, which shows a coarse buff-coloured biscuit.
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