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White ware circular box and lid
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Hebei province (place of creation)
- Date
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10th - 11th century (AD 901 - 1100)
Northern Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1127)
- Material and technique
- stoneware, thrown, with white glaze; glazed base; unglazed rim
- Dimensions
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with lid 3.4 cm (height)
9.2 cm (diameter)
at foot 4 cm (diameter)
- Material index
- Technique index
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 2
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.222
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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. C211
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 finely made, of angular shape, the sides tapering, the top slightly domed and with an emphasized ridge around it, the lower part steeply angled towards the recessed base which is surrounded by a shallow footring. The white body is covered with a dry, faintly yellow-tinged glaze, the footring and area around it remain unglazed and have grit adhering, the rims are left free of glaze.
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