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-colour statue named "Double Ear Lotus Stand".

It has rich cultural connotations and historical significance.

Tang tri-colour is one of the representative ceramic art forms of the Tang Dynasty in China, famous for its unique craftsmanship and exquisite patterns.

This statue adopts the production process of Tang tri-colour, with bright colours and a sense of hierarchy.

In the statue, we can see a beautiful lotus pattern, with delicate petals that look lifelike.

The lotus symbolizes purity, elegance, and good fortune in Chinese culture.

In addition, there are two ears on the base of the statue, which is also one of the common elements in Tang tri-colour works.

These details show the artist's respect and inheritance of traditional culture.

From a historical perspective, Tang tri-colour, as an important part of ancient Chinese ceramic art, has experienced hundreds of years of development and evolution.

Its emergence marks a new stage in Chinese ceramic art and has a profound impact on future generations.

Therefore, this Tang tri-colour statue is not only an artwork but also a witness to history and an inheritance of culture.

In conclusion, this Tang tri-colour statue is highly praised for its exquisite craftsmanship, rich cultural connotations, and historical significance.

It demonstrates the unique charm of traditional Chinese ceramic art and provides us with an opportunity to understand Chinese history and culture.