Sui and Tang Dynasties
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of 118 objects from the Chinese Sui and Tang Dynasties, which covered the period AD 581 to 907. This collection comprises approximately 110 ceramics, five jades and three bronzes. It boasts many important sancai ceramic wares, which were highly-prized status objects used in burials. The burial objects were made to accompany the deceased into the afterlife. The development of sancai ‘three colour’ glaze was the most important technical development during the Tang period. It came about because of more intensified communications between East and West and the impact of Buddhism. This also influenced the ceramic tradition, as reflected in Tang Dynasty flat dishes to hold offerings, alms bowls and pagoda-shaped jars. The collection also has many bowls, cups and water droppers, and a few examples of pottery figurines from the Sui Dynasty. The Sui Dynasty lasted from 581 to 618 AD. Although short-lived, it managed the reunification of northern and southern China. Rebellion against the dynasty preceded its downfall and the emergence of the Tang Dynasty, of 618 to 907 AD. The Tang Dynasty was one of the most glorious in Chinese art. During this period some of the most fundamental concepts crucial to the development of Chinese porcelain were evolved.
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