This undated photo shows a Tang tri-colored pottery unearthed in a tomb dating back over 1,300 years in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province. (The Archaeology Institute of Jinan/Handout via Xinhua)
JINAN, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Archaeologists have unearthed more than 50 pieces of Tang tri-colored pottery in a tomb dating back over 1,300 years in the city of Jinan, east China's Shandong Province.
The findings resulted from the archaeological project at a relic named Fanjia site in Licheng District in the city. The Archaeology Institute of Jinan, the project's launcher, has excavated 241 tombs there since mid-2021, of which the age spanned from late Neolithic civilization to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).
According to the epitaph found in the tomb, the tomb owner was buried in the third year of the Kaiyuan Era (713-741). The Kaiyuan Era of the Tang Dynasty (618-907) was one of the golden ages of Chinese history.
This undated photo shows a Tang tri-colored pottery unearthed in a tomb dating back over 1,300 years in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province. (The Archaeology Institute of Jinan/Handout via Xinhua)
The chamber, made of bricks, is in a knife-handle shape and is about 10 meters long. Potteries excavated this time include horse rider figures, camel and oxcarts figures, etc.
He Li, an archaeologist with the institute, also director of the project, said Tang Tri-colored glazed pottery has never been found in Shandong in such large quantities and in such rich shapes.
There were also 20 pieces of white porcelain unearthed in the tomb, providing new materials for studying the evolution of Tang Dynasty porcelain, said He. ■
