What does Tang Sancai belong to?

Tang Sancai belongs to low-temperature lead glazed pottery.

Tri-colored glazed pottery in Tang Dynasty is a kind of low-temperature glazed pottery prevailing in Tang Dynasty, and it is a treasure of ancient ceramic firing technology in China. Glaze colors are yellow, green, white, brown, blue and black, mainly yellow, green and white, so people are used to calling it "three colors of Tang Dynasty". Because the Tang Tri-color was also the earliest and most unearthed in Luoyang, it is also called "Luoyang Tang Tri-color".

During the construction of Luoyang section of Longhai Railway 1905, a number of tombs of the Tang Dynasty were found in the north of Mangshan Mountain, the ancient capital of Luoyang. Later, people used to call this kind of pottery "Three Colors of the Tang Dynasty", which has been used to this day and enjoys a high reputation at home and abroad.

technical characteristics

The production of tri-colored Tang Dynasty has a history of 1300 years. It absorbs the characteristics of traditional Chinese painting, sculpture and other arts and crafts in China. The production process of Tang Sancai is complicated, with finely processed kaolin as the blank, minerals containing copper, iron, cobalt, manganese and gold as the glaze colorant, and appropriate lead smelting slag and lead ash as additives.

First, the green body is fired in the kiln, then the ceramic body is glazed, and then fired in the kiln to about 800℃. Due to the strong fluidity of lead glaze, in the firing process, the glaze surface diffuses and flows around, and various glazes penetrate and blend with each other to form a natural mottled color, which is a unique traditional handicraft in China.