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Bowl with green splashes
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Henan province (place of creation)
- Date
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9th - 10th century AD (AD 801 - 1000)
Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 907)
- Material and technique
- stoneware, thrown, covered in white slip under a green transparent glaze; unglazed base; glazed rim
- Dimensions
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5.1 cm (height)
13.1 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.44
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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. C8
Glossary (3)
glaze, slip, stoneware
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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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slip
A semi-fluid clay applied to a ceramic before glazing either to coat the surface or for decorative effect.
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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
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- currently in research collection
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The Barlow Collection
The bowl has wide rounded sides, flares towards the sloping rim, and rests on a splayed foot with bevelled edge and low disc-shaped footring. The reddish-brown body is covered with a thick white slip and a transparent glaze, decorated overall with bright green splashes. The slip stops well above the foot, the green glaze has run down further in uneven streaks and partly covers the foot.
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