What is sancai?

In this video, we dive into sancai 三彩, or tri-color ware, featuring a dynamic Bactrian camel sculpture in the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. Learn what sancai means, what type of objects it was used to decorate, and how the colors are produced. 

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