1. Shape.

The shapes are rich and colorful, and can generally be divided into four categories: daily utensils, models, characters, and animals, among which animals are the most common. This may be related to the background of the times.

In ancient my country, horses were one of the most important means of transportation for people. Horses were needed on the battlefield, farmers needed horses for plowing, and horses were also needed for transportation. Therefore, more horses were unearthed in Tang Sancai.

Secondly, there were more camels, which may be related to Sino-foreign trade at that time. Camels were one of the means of transportation for long distances, and camels were needed as means of transportation along the Silk Road.

Therefore, craftsmen reflect it in handicrafts.

Most of the characters are palace maids, which reflects the palace life at that time.

2. Another feature of glaze color is glaze color.

It was the first time in the Tang Dynasty to use three glaze colors of yellow, green and white at the same time on one utensil. However, the craftsmen cleverly used the method of glazing, using yellow, green and white colors in an interlaced and staggered manner.

Then after firing at high temperature, the glaze color is poured and flowed to form a unique flowing process.

After coming out of the kiln, the three-color glaze has many colors, including primary colors, compound colors, and combined colors. What people can see is a variety of mottled colors. This is the characteristic of the glaze color of Tang Sancai.

Extended information: Production process: The production process is very complicated. First, the mined mineral soil must be selected, pounded, washed, precipitated, and dried, and then molded into a kiln for firing.

Tang Sancai was fired using the secondary firing method.

From the raw material point of view, its carcass is made of white clay. It is bisque-fired at 1000-1100°C in the kiln. The baked carcass is cooled and then filled with various prepared glazes and put into the kiln.

Glaze firing, the firing temperature is about 800℃.

In the glaze color, various oxidized metals are used as colorants, and various colors appear after calcining.

After the glaze is fired, some characters need to open their faces. The so-called face opening means that the character's head is not glazed in antique products. It needs to go through the process of drawing eyebrows, dotting lips, and painting hair. Then this Tang Sancai product is considered

finished.