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White ware bowl with four boys
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Jiangxi province › Jingdezhen › Jingdezhen kilns (place of creation)
- Date
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12th century (1101 - 1200)
Southern Song Dynasty (1127 - 1279)
- Material and technique
- porcelain, thrown, with carved and incised decoration under a bluish-white glaze (qingbai ware); unglazed base; glazed rim
- Dimensions
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5.8 cm (height)
17.4 cm (diameter)
- Material index
- Technique index
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.313
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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. C309
Glossary (2)
glaze, porcelain
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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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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.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Publications online
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The Barlow Collection
The conical sides are very slightly rounded, the straight foot is nearly solid, the base concave, with a groove carved around it to form a low footring. The inside is sketchily carved with four boys, unevenly distributed, their heads clearly visible, their bodies enveloped in curling cloud-like scrolls. The outside is plain. The blue-tinged glaze is somewhat degraded due to burial, the base is unglazed, showing a pale buff-coloured biscuit.
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