三彩陶壶，扁圆腹，束颈，盘口外侈，圈足外撇。壶身米白色地上施绿、黄釉，构成连贯人字形图案，不规则垂流至足上方，露出粉白胎骨。盘口内外亦在米白色地上施黄、绿釉，构成精美点状图案。
高：13.5厘米
口径：12.0厘米
来源：
Private collection, Tokyo.
Kochukyo Co. Limited, Tokyo.
类似例子：
Sekai toji zenshu, (Ceramic Art of the World), Sui and T’ang Dynasties, volume 11, Tokyo, 1976, page 141, number 127 for a similar sancai-glazed example and page 30, number 17 for a white-glazed example dated Sui-Tang dynasties, 7th century.
This type of jar with a compressed globular body and a short neck supporting a wide dished mouth appears during the earlier Sui dynasty (581 - 618), often covered with a transparent glaze over a white body. The shape is also seen in metalwork, perhaps the original inspiration for the shape.1 The form continued in the Tang dynasty, sometimes with a more globular body, and often vibrantly decorated with sancai glazes as seen on the present example. The loose chevron design and white-spotted resist pattern relate to both textile patterns and techniques of the period.
1 Cao Yin ed., Tang, Treasures from the Silk Road Capital, Sydney, 2016, catalogue number 46 for a silver example excavated from a Tang site and now in the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology.