Jar with peacock feather glaze

Artist Unknown, ChinaChina, Tang dynasty (618-907)

Details

Title: Jar with peacock feather glaze
Creator: Artist Unknown, China
Date Created: China, Tang dynasty (618-907)
Location: China
Physical Dimensions: w21.5 x h19.5 mm (work)
Label Copy: Sancai, or tri-color glazed ware, was one of the most brilliant innovations of Tang dynasty (618 - 907) potters and the dramatic "peacock feather" design on this robust funerary jar demonstrates the expressive power of the glaze. By adding colorants to the lead glaze solution---copper oxide for green, iron oxide for amber and brown, antimony for bright yellow, and cobalt oxide (newly introduced from Persia) for blue---the basic "three-color" sancai palette was achieved. Glazes using lead as the fluxing medium are fluid and tend to run together, producing random splashes, dribbles, streaks and sometimes a muddy disaster. More often vivid colors and bold designs resulted.
Type: Ceramic
External Link: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1969-sl-2.160/1969_2.160.JPG?lasttype=boolean;lastview=thumbnail;resnum=1;sel9=ic_exact;size=20;sort=relevance;start=1;subview=detail;view=entry;rgn1=musart_an;select1=starts;q1=1969%2F2.160
Medium: Earthenware with sancai (three-color) glaze

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