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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

deceased in large burial mounds. This large figurine features the use of Sancai, a glazing technique popular during the Tang dynasty. The form of this sculpture...

Central Asian art adopted many Tang Chinese stylistic elements, like the sancai three color glaze used for ceramics. According to Chinese sources, Turkic...

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

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)...

the British Library. It is based on a portrait of Qin Shi Huang from the Sancai Tuhui. Volume 90 of Treatise on Astrology of the Kaiyuan Era (8th century)...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

Cao Cao 曹操 A Ming dynasty illustration of Cao Cao in the Sancai Tuhui. King of Wei Tenure 216 – 15 March 220 Successor Cao Pi Duke of Wei (魏公) Tenure 213–216...

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...

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...

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...