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Cup with fish and a crab
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Jiangxi province › Jingdezhen › Jingdezhen kilns (place of creation)
- Date
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17th - 18th century (1601 - 1800)
Qing Dynasty (1645 - 1911)
- Material and technique
- porcelain, thrown, with slip decoration under a bluish-white glaze; rim painted brown
- Dimensions
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3.9 cm (height)
8.5 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.218.2
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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. C207
Glossary (3)
glaze, porcelain, slip
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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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porcelain
Ceramic material composed of kaolin, quartz, and feldspar which is fired to a temperature of c.1350-1400⁰c. The resulting ceramic is vitreous, translucent, and white in colour.
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slip
A semi-fluid clay applied to a ceramic before glazing either to coat the surface or for decorative effect.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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The Barlow Collection
The rounded cups have a small tapering foot with recessed base which is domed on the inside. The inside is moulded in slip relief with a central design of a crab above waves below clouds and the sides with four different fish between clusters of lotus and arrow-head emerging from a band of undulating waves. The glaze has a bluish tinge, the rim is dressed in a bright orange-brown, the outsides are plain and only the underside of the footring unglazed. The walls are highly translucent.
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