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A STRAW-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A BACTRIAN CAMEL

TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)

    Price Realised USD 2,750
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    USD 1,500 - USD 2,500
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    A STRAW-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A BACTRIAN CAMEL

    TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)

    Price Realised USD 2,750
    Price Realised USD 2,750
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    The camel is modeled standing foursquare on a flat plinth and bears a bulging pack between its two humps and has traces of straw glaze.
    12 in. (30.5 cm.) high


    Provenance
    Jun Tsei Tai & Company.
    Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987) Collections.
    Else Sackler (1913-2000) Collection, and thence by descent within the family.
    Exhibited
    New York, Lowe Memorial Library, The Columbia University Exhibition of 3000 Years of the Ceramic Art and Ancient Sculpture of China from the Sackler Collections, 11 November 1962-18 January 1963.
    Jerusalem, Israel Museum, 3500 Years of Chinese Art: Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, 1987.
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