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Tripod dish with floral hexafoil
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Henan province (Gongxian kiln-sites) (place of creation)
- Date
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8th century AD (AD 701 - 800)
Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 907)
- Material and technique
- earthenware, thrown, with impressed decoration under blue and green glazes; feet hand-modelled and luted to the dish with slip; unglazed base; glazed rim
- Dimensions
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4.5 cm (height)
19 cm (diameter)
- Material index
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.135
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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. C110
Glossary (3)
earthenware, luted, slip
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earthenware
Ceramic material made of clay which is fired to a temperature of c.1000-1200⁰c. The resulting ceramic is non-vitreous and varies in colour from dark red to yellow.
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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.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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The Barlow Collection
The shallow dish has flared sides and rests on three short splayed legs. The inside is impressed with a central hexafoil floret, surrounded by a ring of heart-shaped arabesque motifs filled with blue and green glazes, while the ground, the outer sides and the feet are covered with a transparent glaze with a yellow tinge. The glaze has turned slightly iridescent in places, and the underside shows the pinkish-beige biscuit.
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