English Explanatory Dictionary

sancai

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of decoration on Chinese pottery using glazes or slip, predominantly in the three colours of brown (or amber), green, and a creamy off-white, and particularly associated with the Tang dynasty (618–907) and its tomb figures.

Word forms

sancai san ts'ai

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 三彩 (“three colours”).

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