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Figure of a bird with a human head
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
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7th - 8th century AD (AD 601 - 800)
Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 907)
- Material and technique
- earthenware, moulded and luted together, with incised decoration and traces of black, red, and white pigment
- Dimensions
- 8.9 x 16.6 x 5.5 cm (height x width x depth)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.399
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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. S6
Glossary (2)
earthenware, luted
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earthenware
Ceramic material made of clay which is fired to a temperature of c.1000-1200⁰c. The resulting ceramic is non-vitreous and varies in colour from dark red to yellow.
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luted
The fusion of parts of ceramics using dilute clay slip.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Publications online
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The Barlow Collection
The figure is modelled as a slender bird with a long tail, its legs drawn close to the body, its wings folded, the head with human features but a bird’s beak instead of a mouth, the hair tied up on top of the head or perhaps wearing a small rounded cap. The piece has a large air vent on the underside. The grey pottery is covered with a white dressing and with pink pigment at the head and neck, while the wings and tail were painted in black with details in bright red to indicate feathers.
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