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White ware circular box and lid with two phoenixes

  • loan

Glossary (2)

glaze, porcelain

  • glaze

    Vitreous coating applied to the surface of a ceramic to make it impermeable or for decorative effect.

  • 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

    • currently in research collection

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  • The Barlow Collection by the University of Sussex

    The Barlow Collection

    The box has nearly straight, somewhat tapering sides, a flat base and a shallow domed cover. The cover is moulded in relief with a pair of phoenixes, arranged in yinyang fashion, looking at each other, and completely filling the surface. They are depicted with crests, small wing-like feathers at the neck, spread wings and long tail feathers. The somewhat coarse white body bears a translucent glaze with a faint bluish tinge, which ends above the base, leaves the base free and only thinly covers the inside of the cover. A diagonal stroke has been incised across both parts to indicate proper alignment.

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