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Figure of a goose
- loan
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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, hand-modelled and luted together, painted white, and with incised decoration and traces of black pigment
- Dimensions
- 10.5 x 9.7 x 5.3 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.
- LI1301.414
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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. S18e
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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The Barlow Collection
This small figure was acquired together with the pottery figures of ladies, Barlow Collection, [LI1301.413.1, LI1301.413.2, LI1301.413.3, and LI1301.413.4], one of which was supposed to hold it. While these figures are modern reproductions, however, the present goose is a genuine piece of the period.
Naturalistically modelled, the small bird is shown standing, its head raised, with wings modelled in relief and feathers incised. The red pottery shows traces of a white dressing and some black pigment.
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