Sancai (Chinese: 三彩; pinyin: sāncǎi; lit. 'three colours') is a versatile type of decoration on Chinese pottery using glazes or slip, predominantly in...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

in the Ming dictionary, Sancai Tuhui, where it is depicted and is called damao; according to the accompanying text in the Sancai Tuhui: in the early Ming...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

highest physical expression of their kung fu. Famous jian forms include Sancai Jian (三才劍), Kunwu Jian (崑吾劍), Wudang Xuanmen Jian (武當玄門劍), and taijijian...

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...

Depiction of the Heavenly Sovereign in Sancai Tuhui...

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

pottery dating back to the Han period (25–220 AD) gave rise eventually to the sancai ('three-color') Tang dynasty ceramics, where the white clay body was coated...

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...