Early-Style Sancai Glazed Vase with Pierced Lug Handles
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Collection
Ceramics & Tea Wares
Period
Early Style
Overview
A tall sancai-glazed vase with pierced lug handles, notable for its commanding vertical silhouette and vivid flowing glaze.
Description
This tall ceramic vase is finished in sancai glaze, with flowing green, amber, and cream tones that lend the vessel a vivid and unmistakably decorative surface. The globular lower body, elongated neck, and shallow mouth create a striking vertical profile, while the pierced lug handles at the shoulder add an early-style ceremonial note to the design.
The molded ornament and central decorative zone give the surface additional structure, but it is the glaze that remains the principal visual event. Variations produced in firing animate the vase from every angle, allowing the color to gather, thin, and break across the contours of the form. The result is a piece with strong architectural and display presence.
Best understood as a sancai-glazed vase in an early style, this object stands out for scale, glaze effect, and decorative impact.
Details
Object Type: Ceramic Vase
Form: Vase with pierced lug handles (Guanyer type)
Material: Glazed ceramic
Glaze: Sancai (three-color glaze)
Height: 45 cm
Width: 20 cm
Weight: 2884 g
Condition
Overall good decorative condition with surface wear and glaze variations consistent with traditional firing techniques.
Authenticity & Attribution Note
The “early style” attribution should be read as an indication of formal inspiration and ceramic vocabulary rather than fixed archaeological dating.