Tang Dynasty Horse With TL Certified

Tang dynasty ceramic horse is molded and sculpted earthenware with tri-color glaze in green, yellow and white. Tested in Luminescence Dating Laborratory at University of Washington; please see attached copies. Will provide the lab copy to purchaser. Height 69.80 cm. The Sancai porcelain style was predominant during the Tang dynasty (618 - 911). Its main origins are in northern China. Sancai Ceramics are created in a wide range of decorative forms often with bright colors. Because of the style's liberal use of green, yellow and white, Sancai is sometimes called egg-and-spinach in the west. The Sancai technique used a low-temperature glazing and white clay, and later finishing pieces by firing at a higher temperature of around 800C. Figures such as horses were formed by molding and adding white clay. Glazes on Sancai pieces often flowed downward during firing and colors commonly appear uneven.

Condition

Used (normal wear)