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Northern Wei Dynasty
Modelled with the front legs lowered to the ground, the beast heavily laden with saddle packs, and an animal skin draped over the back, all supported on wooden slats, black and white painted decoration remaining.
29cm (11 1/2in) long.
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北魏 灰陶加彩駱駝
The dynamic and distinctive pose of the present lot allows it to be dated, by comparison to a closely related pottery camel, Eastern Wei dynasty, excavated from a tomb dated 550 of a Ruru princess, Cixian, Hebei Province, illustrated by J.C.Y.Watt in China: Dawn of a Golden Age, 200-750 A.D., New York, 2004, p.239, no.133. Compare a standing camel of this type in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc.no.28.121).
A similar painted grey pottery model of a kneeling camel, Northern Wei dynasty, was sold at Bonhams New York, 19 September 2022, lot 288.