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How to Differentiate Authentic Tang Sancai Ceramics
How to Differentiate Authentic Tang Sancai Ceramics from Later Wares
For collectors, importers, and museums, the decision to acquire sa...
A Practical Guide to the Inscriptions of Longmen China
A Practical Guide to Understanding the Inscriptions of Longmen China
Visitors to the Longmen Grottoes often stand in awe of the tens of...
Understanding Sancai Pottery Beyond Just Three Colors
Understanding Sancai Pottery Beyond Just Three Colors
One of the most common questions from collectors and importers of Chinese ceramic...
Are Sancai Ceramics a Worthwhile Investment for a Collection?
Are Sancai Ceramics a Worthwhile Investment for Your Collection?
You’re faced with a decision. A vibrant, three-color glazed figu...
Why Statue Scale Varies So Dramatically at Longmen China
Why Statue Scale Varies So Dramatically at Longmen China
Visitors to the Longmen Grottoes are often struck by the immense variation in ...
Identifying Tang Sancai Pottery Beyond Its Three Colors
How to Identify Tang Sancai Beyond Its Three-Color Name
Many assume that sancai (三彩), meaning “three colors,” refers to pot...
How to Identify Sancai Glaze by Its Flowing Colors
How to Identify Sancai Glaze by Its Flowing Colors
Why do two sancai pieces with the same three colors look convincingly different in q...
Choose the Right Luoyang Rail Station for Longmen & Old Town
How to Choose the Right Luoyang Rail Station for Longmen Grottoes and the Old Town
If you’re booking a train ticket to Luoyang an...
How Sancai Glaze Is Made in Tang Ceramics
How Sancai Glaze Is Made in Tang Ceramics
Why does a Tang dynasty horse figure show streaks of green, amber, and cream running into eac...
Hangu Pass: How Geography Shaped Ancient China’s Gateway
Hangu Pass Controlled Ancient China’s Narrowest Military Corridor Between the Yellow River and the Qinling Mountains
Why could a ...
What Makes Luoyang China a Nine-Dynasty Capital
What Makes Luoyang City China a Nine-Dynasty Capital?
Why do historians return to Luoyang city China when tracing the roots of Chinese ...
Luoyang Henan: Placing the Ancient Capital in Time
Luoyang Henan: How to Place the Ancient Capital in China’s Dynastic Timeline
Which dynasty built the Longmen Grottoes? Was the White Ho...