TANG DYNASTY

Details

A large grey pottery figure of a Bactrian camel and foreign groom
Tang Dynasty
The braying camel standing foursquare with raised head, the loose saddle cloth attached with rope to a dead boar and hare and some parcels, the foreign groom standing on a shaped base in a short tunic above high boots, his right arm raised as if to hold a lead, some damage and restoration
the camel 67.5 cm. high, the groom 52 cm. high (2)

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Lot Essay

For a discussion on camels, see footnote of lot 193
The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. C101x99 is consistent with the dating of this lot.

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