san ts'ain.
Chinese pottery, esp. of the Tang dynasty, decorated in three colours; decoration in three enamel colours applied to pottery and porcelain. Also attributive.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > Chinese pottery
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1901 W. C. Monkhouse Hist. & Descr. Chinese Porcelain i. facing p. 35 (caption) Squirrel and grapes: San-ts'ai water pourer.
1906 S. W. Bushell Chinese Art II. ii. viii. 37 For a typical example of the san ts'ai, or ‘three-coloured’, decoration sur biscuit, see the pictures..of a fish-shaped water pourer, which is painted with the brownish-purple, green, and yellow enamels of this genre.
1915 R. L. Hobson Chinese Pottery & Porcelain II. x. 151 The Dresden collection is peculiarly rich in this kind of san ts‘ai.
1959 H. Chevalier tr. Grousset Chinese Art & Culture vi. 292 The main categories of Ming ceramics are..: 1. San-ts‘ai or ‘three-colours’, namely green.., yellow.., and aubergine-violet.
1972 Trans. Oriental Ceramic Soc. 38 29 The combination of green, blue and yellow-brown glaze which constitutes the famous T‘ang polychromes (‘three-colour ware’, san-ts‘ai) appear to belong..to the first half of the 8th century.
1978 P. Van Greenaway Man called Scavener xi. 159 A priceless san ts'ai bowl.
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