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Changsha ware jar with loop handles
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Hunan province (Changsha kilns) (place of creation)
- Date
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8th - 9th century AD (AD 701 - 900)
Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 907)
- Material and technique
- stoneware, thrown, with white slip under a green glaze; handles hand-modelled and luted to the jar with slip; unglazed base; glazed rim
- Dimensions
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14 cm (height)
13.2 cm (diameter)
at base 9.1 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.347
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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. C347
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
The ovoid jar is heavily potted, tapering to a short wide neck with flared rim, and a splayed solid foot with flat base. Two small loop handles with vertical groove are attached at the shoulder. The light grey body is covered with a white slip and bears a yellowish-green glaze with an overall crackle, the glaze ending above the foot, leaving foot and base free. The slip ends higher up, and the glaze has fired a more yellowish amber colour, where it adheres directly to the body. Both body and glaze have discoloured through exposure to red earth, and the glaze is flaking off in places.
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