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Dehua type white ware vase
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Fujian province (place of creation)Asia › China › Fujian province › Dehua kilns (probable place of creation)
- Date
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17th century (1601 - 1700)
Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644)
- Material and technique
- stoneware, thrown, with white glaze
- Dimensions
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14.7 cm (height)
6.1 cm (diameter)
at foot 3.1 cm (diameter)
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- Technique index
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.235
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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. C223
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 small, slender vase has an ovoid body, a tall waisted neck, and a straight foot with slightly recessed base. The stoneware looks buff and is probably discoloured, where it is exposed, and bears an opaque cream-coloured glaze with an overall fine-meshed crackle.
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