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A LARGE PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A
CAMEL
TANG DYNASTY
the animal modeled standing foursquare on a rectangular
slab base, the long neck arched, the head raised mouth
open and a short, tufted mane atop, the body painted with
ocher pigment, the back with two humps emerging from a
large oval saddle blanket with traces of white slip and black
pigment
Height 34 in., 86.4 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Jerrold Nedwick (1895-1966).
Gifted to the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago in 1959 (acc.
no. 1959.106).
$ 10,000-15,000

唐 陶加彩駱駝
來源
Jerrold Nedwick (1895-1966) 收藏
1959年贈予芝加哥藝術博物館，芝加哥，館藏編號
1959.106

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745

TWO LARGE SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY
FIGURES OF LEONINE EARTH SPIRITS
TANG DYNASTY

each winged beast modeled seated on its haunches atop a
pierced rockwork base, the fierce head with mouth agape,
teeth bared, and pulled back in a menacing snarl beneath
bulging eyes and furrowed brows and framed by a projecting
mane (one flaring and one spiky), all beneath two pairs of
slender, curving horns flanking a tall unglazed flame-form
crest, liberally splashed overall with green, amber and straw
glazes (2)
Height of taller 35 in., 88.9 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Joseph Winterbotham, Jr. (1878-1954).
Gifted to the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago in 1954 (acc.
no. 1954.412 and 1954.413).
Two sancai-glazed figures with similarly leonine features,
described as a pair and of slightly larger size, from the
collection of the British Rail Pension Fund were sold in our
London rooms, 12th December 1989. Two further figures
of this feline type, also described as a pair, from the Buffalo
Society of Natural Sciences, sold at Christie’s New York, 3rd
December 1992, lot 236.
$ 10,000-15,000

唐 三彩鎮墓獸兩件
來源 745
Joseph Winterbotham 二世 (1878-1954) 收藏
1954年贈予芝加哥藝術博物館，芝加哥，館藏編號
1954.412及1954.413
EARLY CHINESE CERAMICS FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO 195