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White ware hexagonal box and lid with floral decoration

  • 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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Publications online

  • The Barlow Collection by the University of Sussex

    The Barlow Collection

    The hexagonal box has straight sides, a flat top with a sloping edge, and a shallow hexagonal foot. The piece is mould-made and decorated with a camellia spray in relief on the top which has somewhat sagged. A stroke has been incised down the sides of both halves to show proper alignment. The blue-green-tinged glaze is degraded through burial, the lower part of the box, the rims, and much of the insides were left unglazed. The rough body has fired a yellowish-beige colour.
  • The Barlow Collection by the University of Sussex

    The Barlow Collection

    The hexagonal box has straight sides, a flat top with a sloping edge, and a shallow hexagonal foot. The piece is mould-made and decorated with a camellia spray in relief on the top which has somewhat sagged. A stroke has been incised down the sides of both halves to show proper alignment. The blue-green-tinged glaze is degraded through burial, the lower part of the box, the rims, and much of the insides were left unglazed. The rough body has fired a yellowish-beige colour.

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