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White ware ewer and lid with floral decoration
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1911 - 1940
- Material and technique
- porcelain, thrown, with slip decoration under a bluish-white glaze (qingbai ware); dragon hand-modelled and luted to the lid with slip
- Dimensions
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11.7 x 12 x 8.2 cm (height x width x depth)
at foot 4.4 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 2
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.251
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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. C242
Glossary (4)
glaze, luted, porcelain, slip
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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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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.
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slip
A semi-fluid clay applied to a ceramic before glazing either to coat the surface or for decorative effect.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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The Barlow Collection
The piece vaguely follows the style of qingbai vessels of the Song dynasty (AD 960–1279), but does not copy it closely.
The ewer is of pear shape, constricted in the middle to form two bulges, and rests on a straight foot. The straight neck is hidden under a tall cover with a dragon-like creature as knob. The slender curved spout has attached knobs, vaguely suggesting the eyes, beak and crest of a creature, and the flat handle has three grooves and a curled-up end. The piece is decorated in slip relief with a key-fret border on the cover, a curly scroll on the upper part of the body and a lotus scroll on the lower part. The somewhat opaque green-tinged glaze leaves the inside of the cover, the neck, base and inside of the foot exposed in the beige biscuit.
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