Chinese ceramics are one of the most significant forms of Chinese art and ceramics globally. They range from construction materials such as bricks and tiles, to hand-built pottery vessels fired in bon
Ru ware dish in the celebrated "sky blue" glaze, Northern Song dynasty (c. 1086–1106). National Palace Museum.
Pottery shard with incised symbols, Liangzhu culture (c. 3300–2300 BCE).
Diorama depicting traditional Chinese porcelain production process. Shanxi Museum.
A black pottery cooking cauldron from the Hemudu culture (c. 5000 – c. 3000 BC)
Sancai is a versatile type of decoration on Chinese pottery and other painted pieces using glazes or slip, predominantly in the three colours of brown, green, and a creamy off-white. It is particularl
Sancai-glazed bowl, Tang dynasty (7th–10th century). Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Tang dynasty tomb figure, sancai horse, 7–8th century, also using blue, as on the saddle
Foreign musicians on camel. Sancai glaze, 723 AD, Xi'an.
Tang footed jar with relief decoration