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Greenware bowl with lotus decoration
- loan
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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 incised decoration under a green celadon glaze
- Dimensions
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8 cm (height)
20 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.375
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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. C375
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
Similar bowls were recovered from the wreck of a ship sunk off the Korean coast in 1323.
The wide rounded bowl has a straight narrow foot with straight-cut footring and domed base. The inside is incised with two lotus flowers between sketchy lines suggesting foliage, the outside shows faint lotus petals in the lower half and a rudimentary slanting key-fret border at the rim. The unglazed footring is reddish-brown, the green glaze has a yellowish tinge.
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