Sancai (Chinese: 三彩; pinyin: sāncǎi; lit. 'three colours') is a versatile type of decoration on Chinese pottery using glazes or slip, predominantly in...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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A Sogdian man on a Bactrian camel. Sancai ceramic statuette, Tang dynasty...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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metropolitan and multicultural influences of this era can also be seen in the myriad depictions of foreigners in Tang Sancai ceramics and wall murals....
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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...
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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...
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A Chinese sancai ceramic statuette depicting a Sogdian stableman, dated to the Tang dynasty (618–907 CE)...
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Turkmenabat, Turkmenistan Zeinodin Caravanserai Sogdian man on a Bactrian camel, sancai ceramic glaze, Chinese Tang dynasty (618–907) The ruins of a Han dynasty...
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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...
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Depiction of two xingxing in the Sancai Tuhui, 1596 CE...
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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...
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Two sancai-glazed Tang dynasty tomb figures, early 8th century, Prague National Gallery...
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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...
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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...
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The portrait of the Duke of Zhou from the Wangs' Sancai Tuhui (c. 1607)...
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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...
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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...
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Depiction of the Heavenly Sovereign in Sancai Tuhui...
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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...
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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...
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