Craft:Chinese traditional handicraft with thousands of years history

Origin:Luoyang

Tang San Cai, also called Tricolor Glazed Pottery and a gem of ancient Chinese art, is a kind of handmade glazed ware of exquisite craftsmanship created in the Northern and Southern Dynasty (386-589) about 1,400 years ago. During the Tang Dynasty (618-907), the production of Tang San Cai reached its peak, which is part of the reason the pottery got the name of Tang San Cai.

Luoyang, named the eastern capital in ancient times, in Henan Province was the home of Tang San Cai, and most of unearthed Tang San Cai was found in Luoyang.

Tang San Cai is a polychrome handicraft with yellow, green, and white as its major tones. It is fired with lead glaze and presents a harmonious complex of varied colors, deep and light. The process is complicated: first, bake the ready mode in kilns until the temperature reaches 1,100oC, then take it out and apply glaze on it; bake it again in kilns at a temperature of about 900¡ãC.

Tang San Cai items that have been unearthed include horses, humans, and even pillows, and camels, of which the pottery camel is one of the best. Its head rises high, as if telling stories about merchant caravans along the Silk Road in the remote past and the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.

Being the gem of ancient Chinese art, Tang San Cai absorbed the advantages of Chinese painting, sculpture and stone carving. It features fleshy figures, regular and exquisite technics, compact carving traces, and smooth lines, indicating the high-level of the craft reached in the Tang Dynasty. Tang San Cai is primaryly divided into pottery tomb-figures and daily commodities.

After the founding of new China, specialized institutions have been set up to study the technics of making Tang San Cai, which has boosted the development of the craft.

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Rich Artistic Connotation & Historical Background:

This artwork is a Chinese classical style Tang tri-color pottery figurine, which showcases the pottery making skills and artistic style of the Tang Dynasty.

Tang tri-color is a unique craft in ancient Chinese ceramics, famous for its rich colors and exquisite shapes.

This pottery figurine adopts the production method of Tang tri-color, creating a unique artistic charm by drawing various patterns and decorations on the surface of the pottery.

The name of this pottery figurine is "Song Dynasty Amphora Jar", indicating that it comes from the Tang Dynasty.

The Tang Dynasty was a prosperous period in Chinese history, with great development in culture and art.

During this time, pottery making skills reached a very high level, and many exquisite ceramic works were produced.

This Tang tri-color pottery figurine is one of the representative works of this period.

From this artwork, we can see the unique charm and rich connotations of ancient Chinese ceramic art.

Tang tri-color pottery figurines, with their bright colors, exquisite patterns, and exquisite craftsmanship, show the life style and aesthetic taste of the people of the Tang Dynasty.

It is not only an artwork, but also a cultural heritage, representing the history and development of ancient Chinese ceramic art.