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The Barlow Collection

A select catalogue of the Barlow collection of Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes and Jades by the University of Sussex (published Sussex, 2006).

The Barlow Collection by the University of Sussex

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Greenware bowl with flower

  • loan
  • Literature notes

    The globular bowl is supported on a narrow splayed, nearly solid foot with an incised groove in the concave base. The rim is very slightly flared. The inside is decorated with a large flower-head with six incised pointed petals around a circular centre stamped with seven rings. The outside is plain, with an accidental incised line running halfway round the bowl. The grey stoneware body bears a densely crackled, translucent olive-green glaze, which ends above the foot, leaving the foot, base and a small strip above in the biscuit.
  • Details

    Associated place
    Asia China (south) (place of creation)
    Date
    5th - 6th century AD (AD 401 - 600)
    Material and technique
    stoneware, thrown, with stamped and incised decoration under a green glaze; unglazed base
    Dimensions
    6.5 cm (height)
    15.4 cm (diameter)
    Material index
    Technique index
    Object type index
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
    Accession no.
    LI1301.136
  • 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. C111

Glossary (2)

glaze, stoneware

  • glaze

    Vitreous coating applied to the surface of a ceramic to make it impermeable or for decorative effect.

  • stoneware

    Ceramic material made of clay which is fired to a temperature of c.1200-1300⁰c and is often buff or grey in colour.

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Publications online

  • The Barlow Collection by the University of Sussex

    The Barlow Collection

    The globular bowl is supported on a narrow splayed, nearly solid foot with an incised groove in the concave base. The rim is very slightly flared. The inside is decorated with a large flower-head with six incised pointed petals around a circular centre stamped with seven rings. The outside is plain, with an accidental incised line running halfway round the bowl. The grey stoneware body bears a densely crackled, translucent olive-green glaze, which ends above the foot, leaving the foot, base and a small strip above in the biscuit.
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