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White ware ewer with basket-weave decoration
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1911 - 1968
- Material and technique
- porcelain, thrown, with white glaze; handles hand-modelled and luted to the ewer with slip
- Dimensions
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15 x 15 x 10.9 cm (height x width x depth)
at base 5.8 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 2
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.377
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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. C376a
Glossary (4)
glaze, luted, 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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luted
The fusion of parts of ceramics using dilute clay slip.
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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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Publications online
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The Barlow Collection
The piece may have been inspired by vases of the Yongzheng period (1723–1735) which are decorated with similar basket-weave designs; see a piece in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, illustrated in Rose Kerr, Chinese Ceramics: Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty 1644–1911, London, 1986, pl.60. The thin, insubstantial porcelain and unbalanced form of the present piece are, however, not in keeping with a Qing dynasty (1644–1911) date.
The ewer has an ovoid body with a recessed base and a small everted rim to receive the slightly concave cover. The piece is modelled as if placed in a netting of wicker or rope, the body decorated with a low-relief band of entwined strands, and spout and handle forming twisted loops. Those of the spout are hollow, provided with a small opening on top, and open into the body. The cover has a curved stem as knob and is also pierced with a hole. The white porcelain has a grainy surface, and is glazed, except for the base and rims. The spout shows some brown colouration.
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