box BM-1947-0712.32.a

Period:Tang dynasty Production date:618-906
Materials:earthenware
Technique:glazed
Subjects:flower
Dimensions:Diameter: 3.90 inches Height: 3.90 centimetres

Description:
Lead-glazed lidded box (‘sancai’ ware). The base is unglazed and the lid is decorated with a design of plum blosom flowers. Made of yellow, mottled, white glazed earthenware.(buff).
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图片[1]-box BM-1947-0712.32.a-China Archive 图片[2]-box BM-1947-0712.32.a-China Archive

Comments:Rawson 1992:’Sancai’ (‘three-colour’) wares were produced in north China and are associated particularly with the Yaozhou kilns near Chang’an (present-day Xi’an) and with the kilns at Gong xian to the northwest of the secondary Tang capital Luoyang. In addition to funerary figures, vessels and architectural ornaments were also made. ‘Sancai’ glazes were applied to many vessels, often in forms derived from Western Asiatic metal and glass shapes. It is possible, indeed, that these ‘sancai’ wares were alternatives for more valuable materials. Lead glaze is relatively viscous but has a tendency to melt and suddenly run, creating the well-known streaked and mottled effects in copper green, iron yellow and cream. ‘Sancai’ was exported to Japan (some pieces are included amongst the treasures of the Shosho-in repository at the Todai-ji temple in Nara) and westwards to Sri Lanka, Samarra (modern Iraq) and Fustat (Cairo), where it inspired Middle Eastern copies.This flat-lidded box has been decorated using resists. See also BM 1947.0712.30 and BM 1936.1012.116.
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