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
Yaozhou ware is a type of celadon or greenware in Chinese pottery, which was at its height during the Northern Song dynasty. It is the largest and typically the best of the wares in the group of North
Yaozhou ware sky-blue glazed water dropper in the shape of a flying fish, Five Dynasties period (907–960). Liaoning Provincial Museum.
Bowl with carved and combed decoration, Northern Song (compare the moulded example below)
Statuette of a lion, Yaozhou, Northern Song
Bowl with carved design, Northern Song