Lot 185
LARGE POTTERY MODEL OF A CAMEL AND FOREIGN RIDER
TANG DYNASTY
Auction: 7 November 2018 at 16:00 GMT
£3,750
Description
the two-humped camel modelled striding forward, the simple saddle modelled separately, the foreigner rider perched above wearing an exotic peaked cap, his right arm extended and his hands clenched as if holding on to reins
Dimensions
62cm high
Footnote
Provenance:
Private Edinburgh collection; purchased from Nicholas S Pitcher Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art in 2005.
Note:
The dating of this lot is consistent with the results of a thermoluminescence test, Oxford Authentication Ltd., no. C103c63, dated 11.02.2003.
For a similar pottery model of a camel and foreign rider, see Bonhams' sale in their London rooms on 12.05.2016, lot 2.