Sancai (Chinese: 三彩; pinyin: sāncǎi; lit. 'three colours') is a versatile type of decoration on Chinese pottery and other painted pieces using glazes...

Sancai Tuhui (Chinese: 三才圖會, san-TS'EYE TOO-khwey), compiled by Wang Qi (Chinese: 王圻) and his son Wang Siyi (王思義), is a Chinese leishu encyclopedia, completed...

Li Sancai (Chinese: 李三才; Wade–Giles: Li San-ts'ai; courtesy name Daofu 道甫; art name Xiuwu 修吾; d. 1623) was an official during the late Ming dynasty in...

colouring was in paint it has often not survived, but in many cases it was in sancai ("three-colour") ceramic glaze, which has generally lasted well. The figures...

in the north, are in sancai, while others are unpainted or were painted over a slip; the paint has now often fallen off. The sancai vessels too may have...

Sancai (Chinese: 三才; pinyin: Sāncái) is a town under the administration of Lingshui Li Autonomous County, Hainan, China. As of 2023[update], it administers...

800 °C (1,470 °F). They have been used for about 2,000 years in China e.g. sancai, around the Mediterranean, and in Europe e.g. Victorian majolica. Salt-glaze...

Guangzhi, Piya, and Baopuzi, an entry for the zhen also appears in the Sancai Tuhui along with a woodblock print. In the historical records of ancient...

revered as a relative of the dragon. A Tang sancai glazed tomb figure an equestrian figure on a horse A sancai glazed horse tomb figure excavated from Xi'an...

this "jinmenju", as well as the Wakan Sansai Zue, quote from the Chinese Sancai Tuhui, which describes a similar tree from a land called "Daishikoku" (Chinese...

A Sogdian man on a Bactrian camel. Sancai ceramic statuette, Tang dynasty...

metropolitan and multicultural influences of this era can also be seen in the myriad depictions of foreigners in Tang Sancai ceramics and wall murals....

can be found in the Chinese military compilations the Wǔ jīng zǒng yào, Sāncái tú huì, the Wǔbèi zhì, and many others, though no artifact representations...

Turkmenabat, Turkmenistan Zeinodin Caravanserai Sogdian man on a Bactrian camel, sancai ceramic glaze, Chinese Tang dynasty (618–907) The ruins of a Han dynasty...

A Chinese sancai ceramic statuette depicting a Sogdian stableman, dated to the Tang dynasty (618–907 CE)...

Two sancai-glazed Tang dynasty tomb figures, early 8th century, Prague National Gallery...

Depiction of two xingxing in the Sancai Tuhui, 1596 AD...

Sansai Zue by Terajima Ryōan, a collection of tales based on the Chinese Sancai Tuhui. 1716: In the specialized dictionary Sesetsu Kojien (世説故事苑), there...

Ancient Chinese torture devices from the 1609 Sancai Tuhui, Clockwise from upper left: ankle press (jiaogun 腳棍), finger press (zanzi 桚子), wooden manacles...

tradition of unusually large pottery figures persisted in China, through Tang sancai tomb figures to later Buddhist statues such as the near life-size set of...

annotations, which is the origin of the Bái Zé Tú. In the Ming Dynasty book SanCai TuHui (三才圖會), Bai Ze’s appearance is described as having green hair on a...

The portrait of the Duke of Zhou from the Wangs' Sancai Tuhui (c. 1607)...

philosophy and religion. It is widely considered to be one of three powers (sāncái, 三才) which are Heaven, Earth, and Humanity (tiān-dì-rén, 天地人). There is...

century. Tang period earthenware shards with low-fired polychrome three-color sancai glazes from the 9th century were exported to Middle-Eastern countries such...

in China. Zhou dynasty gold Bianzhong Ceramic tomb figure of a horse in sancai glaze Tomb figures of ladies Gold stag with eagle's head and ten more heads...

Zuo Ci 左慈 An illustration of Zuo Ci in Sancai Tuhui Born 20 BC (unverified claims) Lu'an, Anhui Died 280 AD (aged 300) Other names Yuan Fang (元放) Occupation...

鳥獸六巻 鱗介類 人魚 [Birds & Beasts, Book 6 / Fish & Shellfish / Human-fish.]. Sancai Tuhui Book 94 of 106 三才圖會 第94卷(全106卷）. N. p.; Also Huaiyin caotang 槐陰草堂...

in history of China, in which one distinctive style ceramics Sancai is outstanding. Sancai is not only remarkable for its shape, decoration and glaze firing...

Dynasty costumes, by how to learn the method of making costumes in the book "Sāncái Túhuì" as the standard. The áo ngũ thân (five part dress) had two flaps...

swastika in the center of the design is a reconstruction. Chinese-made sancai pottery shard, 9th–10th century, found in Samarra, an example of Chinese...