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A jade camel from the Avery Brundage Collection was preserved in the Asian Art Museum of San
Francisco, included in the exhibition Chinese Jades from Han to Ch’ing, The Asia House Gallery, New York,
1980, cat. no. 39, together with three other camels, recumbent, but in different positions: cat. no. 40 from
the Brian McElney Collection, attributed to the Tang dynasty or earlier, cat. no. 41 from the collection of
Victor Shaw and cat. no. 42 from the Guan-fu Collection, the latter two attributed to the tenth century.
See also three jade camels in the Seattle Art Museum, illustrated in James C. Y. Watt, Chinese Jades from
the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 1989, nos 32a-c, Six Dynasties to Tang, Tang or earlier
and Tang to Ming dynasty respectively attributed.

A curled-up camel figure in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, was included in
the Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition Chinese Jade throughout the Ages, Victoria and Albert Museum,
London, 1975, cat. no. 201, together with a larger example from the collection of Dr. Paul Singer, cat. no.
202, both attributed to the Tang dynasty. Another example from the collection of Sze Tak Tang, attributed
to the Tang dynasty or earlier, is included in the exhibition catalogue, Zhongguo Yudiao/Chinese Jade
Carving, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1983, cat. no. 128. Compare also a jade camel figure
with its legs tucked under its body, included in the Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition, op. cit., cat. no.
258, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Bull, sold in these rooms, 6th December 1983, lot 212.

駱駝，歷來與盛唐以及絲綢之路息息相關，多見於陶 例，分別錄於屈志仁，《Chinese Jades from the
器，譬如胡人駱駝、駱駝馱物。自然而然，駱駝便賦 Collection of the Seattle Art Museum》，西雅
予奢華、異域之意象，以彰顯其主地位顯赫、家財殷 圖，1989年，編號32a-c。
實。
倫敦維多利亞與艾伯特博物館亦存一造型相仿例，展
舊金山亞洲藝術博物館存幾例相若玉駱駝，其中一 於東方陶瓷學會，《Chinese Jade throughout the
例屬Avery Brundage雅蓄，展於《Chinese Jades Ages》，維多利亞與艾伯特博物館，倫敦，1975
from Han to Ch’ing》，The Asia House Gallery， 年，編號201，同錄一稍大例，出自Paul Singer醫
紐約，1980年，編號39，同書並見三類例，臥姿各 生收藏，編號202，此二例均應屬唐物。另比一唐或
異：其一為Brian McElney舊藏，斷代唐或以前，編號 更早玉雕，屬世德堂舊藏，載於葉義，《中國玉雕》
40；其二、三均斷代十世紀，分別為邵維錫寶蓄， ，香港藝術館，香港，1983年，編號128。Richard
編號41及Guan-fu收藏，編號42。此外，西雅圖藝 C. Bull伉儷亦藏一駱駝玉雕例，四肢收於身下，圖
術博物館亦存六朝至唐、唐或更早及唐至明玉駱駝實 載東方陶瓷學會展覽圖錄，上述出處，編號258，後
售於紐約蘇富比1983年12月6日，編號212。

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