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96:tomb figures
92:Tang dynasty
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1446:Mantou kiln
1441:Dragon kiln
1092:China Today
1068:Vainker, 78
923:Vainker, 76
876:Vainker, 75
812:, 1465-1487
697:Nagayo ware
635:One of the
502:Eastern Han
314:Northern Qi
266:Development
248:grave goods
107:Tang Sancai
1509:Categories
1380:Decoration
1103:References
1050:Medley, 26
989:Medley, 16
914:Medley, 30
885:Medley, 22
760:Under the
657:Influences
303:Han period
291:fire clays
201:lead oxide
183:decoration
1418:Ash glaze
1314:Porcelain
685:Silk Road
639:, c. 1200
432:sprigging
418:(Chinese
415:fenghuang
232:Tongchuan
221:manganese
171:Technique
424:amphorae
409:oinochoe
352:'s head.
120:It uses
1486:Meiping
1479:Hunping
1331:Qingbai
1245:Yaozhou
1240:Celadon
693:Cypriot
596:amphora
532:Sogdian
492:Before
443:Gallery
420:phoenix
404:amphora
385:Vessels
287:kaolins
244:potters
134:moulded
130:celadon
100:Chinese
47:Chinese
1493:Gaiwan
1424:An hua
1407:Doucai
1388:Sancai
1371:Canton
1366:Tianqi
1361:Swatow
1351:export
1300:Shiwan
1295:Yixing
1280:Jizhou
1255:Cizhou
1142:Sancai
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749:Cyprus
689:Syrian
555:cobalt
536:sancai
494:sancai
395:sancai
376:. The
366:luohan
358:sancai
346:rhyton
343:Sancai
329:sancai
310:sancai
295:Sancai
283:Sancai
256:moulds
225:cobalt
213:copper
209:quartz
193:Sancai
189:sancai
181:relief
165:cobalt
154:sancai
102::
80:glazes
78:using
65:sāncǎi
62::
60:pinyin
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42:Sancai
34:sancai
1472:Guang
1400:Wucai
1356:Kraak
1341:Dehua
859:Notes
500:dog,
348:with
276:Xi'an
240:Henan
236:Hebei
88:amber
1465:Ding
1458:Cong
1450:The
1326:Ding
1321:Xing
1275:Jian
1270:Guan
1260:Ding
1114:ISBN
956:ISBN
350:duck
289:and
223:and
217:iron
205:flux
84:slip
71:lit.
1285:Jun
1235:Yue
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128:or
104:唐三彩
82:or
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