Sancai ware Stoneware with three-color glazeexpand_more
Gift of Mr. Warren Erickson in memory of Alvin M. Ericksonexpand_more 80.59
The showy magnificence of light-bodied wares covered with splashed san cai glazes became hallmarks of the early Tang dynasty. This amphora exhibits a Hellenistic shape which relates it to the extensive trade contacts that China enjoyed with Central Asia and the Middle East during the seventh and eighth centuries.
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