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A RARE PAIR OF PAINTED STRAW-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURES
OF BACTRIAN CAMELS
SUI-EARLY TANG DYNASTY, AD 7TH CENTURY

Each camel is modeled standing on a rectangular base with head raised and
mouth open in a bray, one with a foreign rider with moustache and pointed
nose wearing a peaked hat, tunic and red boots seated between the humps,
and the other with a monkey with two young on its back perched on top of a
bulging pack and saddle boards, the pack laden with dead game, fasks and
skeins of silk. Traces of red, black and blue pigment remain.

The larger 20Ω and 19¬ in. (52.1 and 49.9 cm.) high (2)

$30,000-50,000

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