Minneapolis Institute of Art

Amphora

China

Date

late 7th–8th century

Medium

Sancai ware Stoneware with three-color glaze

Department

Asian Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

The showy magnificence of light-bodied wares covered with splashed san cai glazes became hallmarks of the early Tang dynasty. This amphora exhibits a Hellenistic shape which relates it to the extensive trade contacts that China enjoyed with Central Asia and the Middle East during the seventh and eighth centuries.

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