Lot 72
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AN UNUSUAL SMALL SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A BACTRIAN CAMEL

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AN UNUSUAL SMALL SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A BACTRIAN CAMEL
TANG DYNASTY

Standing foursquare with head raised and turned to the left, the body covered in pale yellowish-amber glaze, with a straw glaze used to highlight the deeply scored patches of heavier fur on the neck, sides and humps, the oval blanket fitted over the humps with a fringe border and splash-glazed in amber, green and straw glazes
15½in. (39.4cm.) high

Lot Essay

For a larger, braying example, also with an oval fringed blanket fitted over the humps see Zhongguo taoci daxi (Chinese Ceramic Series) Han Tang taoci daquan (Han and Tang Ceramics), Taipei, 1987/89, p. 272

The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no. 766h85 is consistent with the dating of this lot