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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JULIA AND JOHN CURTIS
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A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A LADEN CAMEL PROVENANCE
NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY (AD 386-557) In Hong Kong prior to 1999.
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 2002.
The camel is shown standing on a rectangular base with head slightly raised,
its two humps ftted with a saddle cloth, and is laden with a folded blanket, a The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no. C101j5 is consistent with
fsh and a weasel hung on one side, a hare, a boar and a fask on the other, and the dating of this lot.
has traces of red, orange, white and malachite color.
北魏 彩繪駱駝俑
9¿ in. (23 cm.) high
$8,000-12,000
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