Tang sancai ceramics

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Tang sancai ceramics are vividly colored, lead-glazed pottery from China’s Tang dynasty, renowned for their tri-colored glazes and use in tomb figurines and decorative wares.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese ceramic ware
Tang dynasty art
lead-glazed pottery
aestheticFeature flowing, streaked glazes
vivid polychrome surfaces
associatedWith Silk Road trade NERFINISHED
Tang aristocracy NERFINISHED
Tang funerary practices
commonForms camel figurines
court lady figurines
ewer
guardian figures
horse figurines
jar
pillow
plate
countryOfOrigin China
culture Chinese
decoration molded relief designs
splashed glaze patterns
endTime 8th century
firingTemperature low-fired
function representation of daily life in tombs
status display in burials
glazeType lead glaze
historicalPeriod Tang dynasty NERFINISHED
iconography Buddhist guardian figures
Central Asian camels
foreign merchants
influenced Islamic ceramics
Japanese ceramics
later Chinese sancai wares
material earthenware body
museumCollection British Museum NERFINISHED
Metropolitan Museum of Art NERFINISHED
Palace Museum, Beijing NERFINISHED
notableProductionCenter Luoyang NERFINISHED
Xi’an NERFINISHED
primaryUse decorative vessels
export wares
funerary wares
tomb figurines
startTime 7th century
technique overglaze painting
three-color glazing
typicalColors amber glaze
blue glaze
brown glaze
cream glaze
green glaze

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shaanxi History Museum notableFor Tang sancai ceramics