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Greenware bowl with feet in the form of animal heads
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Zhejiang province › Longquan kilns (place of creation)
- Date
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14th century (1301 - 1400)
Yuan Dynasty (1279 - 1368)
- Material and technique
- stoneware, thrown, with moulded and hand-modelled decoration luted to the bowl with slip under a green glaze
- Dimensions
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8.3 cm (height)
17.7 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.99
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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. C71
Glossary (4)
glaze, luted, slip, 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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luted
The fusion of parts of ceramics using dilute clay slip.
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slip
A semi-fluid clay applied to a ceramic before glazing either to coat the surface 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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The Barlow Collection
Vessels like this were traditionally used for growing bulbs at the end of winter, placed over water on decorative pebbles.
The piece is very heavily potted, the rounded sides tapering to a narrow, low rounded foot but resting on three seperately attached legs in form of animal heads biting claws. The faces are simply indicated with eyes, eyebrows, nose and mouth in relief. The sides of the vessel are decorated with two rows of bosses attached over raised bands to imitate the nails holding a drum skin in place. The smooth light yellowish-green glaze leaves the footring free, where the body has fired a light brick red, while it is nearly white under the glaze, visible where the glaze is worn.
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