UNSURPASSED BRILLIANCE: TANG DYNASTY SANCAI DISCOVERED AT XI’AN AND LUOYANG – TAASA Review December 2017

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Wang Xiaomeng and Iain M.

Clark T he academic study of Tang dynasty (618 ­ 907) sancai ceramics began early in the last century.

In 1905, the Qing government (1644 ­ 1911) began construction of a railway passing to the south of Luoyang in Henan Province and among the remains disturbed was a distinctive type of earthenware, which soon created interest among many collectors and scholars...