sancai
Sign in to saveSancai () is a versatile type of decoration on Chinese pottery and other painted pieces using glazes or slip, predominantly in the three colours of brown (or amber), green, and a creamy off-white. It is particularly associated with the Tang dynasty (618–907) and its tomb figures, appearing around 700. Therefore, it is commonly referred to as Tang Sancai in Chinese. Tang sancai wares were sometimes referred in China and the West as egg-and-spinach by dealers, for their use of green, yellow, and white, especially when combined with a streaked effect.
Key facts
- Art movement.name
- Sancai
- Art movement.image
- 唐 三彩碗-Bowl MET DP342650.jpg
- Art movement.caption
- Sancai-glazed bowl, Tang dynasty (7th–10th century). Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Art movement.branch
- Chinese ceramics
- Art movement.yearsactive
- Tang dynasty (7th–10th century); revived in Liao, Song, and Ming dynasties
- Art movement.location
- Gongyi and Luoyang, Henan; Tongchuan, Shaanxi; Xi'an, Shaanxi
- Art movement.influences
- Han dynasty lead-glazed pottery
- Art movement.influenced
- Cizhou ware, Nara three-color ware (Japan), Silla three-color ware (Korea)
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- Technique
- Development
- Vessels
- Gallery
- Influences
- Revival under the Qing
- Modern reproduction trade
- Notes
- References
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Sancai () is a versatile type of decoration on Chinese pottery and other painted pieces using glazes or slip, predominantly in the three colours of brown (or amber), green, and a creamy off-white. It is particularly associated with the Tang dynasty (618–907) and its tomb figures, appearing around 700. Therefore, it is commonly referred to as Tang Sancai in Chinese. Tang sancai wares were sometimes referred in China and the West as egg-and-spinach by dealers, for their use of green, yellow, and white, especially when combined with a streaked effect.
The Tang dynasty three-color glazed pottery is the treasure of ancient Chinese ceramic firing techniques. It is a kind of low-temperature glazed pottery popular in the Tang dynasty. The glaze has yellow, green, white, brown, blue, black and other colours. The yellow, green, and white colour-based are predominant, so people call it "Tang Sancai." Because the Tang Sancai was unearthed in Luoyang earliest and is most found in Luoyang, it is also known as "Luoyang Tang Sancai."