Eastern Art Online, Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art

Ashmolean − Eastern Art Online, Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art

Browse: 321 objects

Reference URL

Actions

Send e-mail

Contact us about this object

Send e-mail

Send to a friend

Ovoid storage jar

  • loan
  • Details

    Associated place
    Asia China (south) (place of creation)
    Date
    11th - 12th century (1001 - 1200)
    Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279)
    Material and technique
    stoneware, thrown, with yellow glaze; unglazed base; glazed rim
    Dimensions
    27.6 cm (height)
    18.7 cm (diameter)
    at base 10 cm (diameter)
    Material index
    Technique index
    Object type index
    containervessel jar
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
    Accession no.
    LI1301.359
  • 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. C359

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.

Location

    • currently in research collection

Objects are sometimes moved to a different location. Our object location data is usually updated on a monthly basis. Contact the Jameel Study Centre if you are planning to visit the museum to see a particular object on display, or would like to arrange an appointment to see an object in our reserve collections.

 

Publications online

  • The Barlow Collection by the University of Sussex

    The Barlow Collection

    The heavily potted ovoid jar has a narrow mouth with rolled rim and a flat, concave base. The buff stoneware is covered with a yellowish glaze, which ends in an uneven line well above the base. The glaze has discoloured to an olive-brown tone and has an overall stained crackle, due to use or burial.

© 2013 University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum