Usually means: Chinese art, three-colored glaze pottery.
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noun:  A kind of decoration on Chinese pottery using glazes or slip, predominantly in the three colours of brown (or amber), green, and a creamy off-white, and particularly associated with the Tang dynasty (618–907) and its tomb figures.

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