Chinese
A Large Chinese Sancai Glazed Earthenware Model of a Camel, Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE)
sancai glazed earthenware
21 x 16 1/2 x 5 1/2 in, 53.3 x 41.9 x 14 cm
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000 CAD
Sold for: $3,125
Preview at: Heffel Toronto – 13 Hazelton Ave
PROVENANCE
Important Chinese Ceramics Jade Carvings and Works of Art, Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, October 23, 1976, lot 177
An Important Private Collection, Toronto
The bactrian camel with long sinuous legs and two humps, each surmounted by a rosette, the head rising from a sinuous neck and with an opened mouth, the body decorated in a deep orange glaze and with green splashed on the saddle.
Please note: The results of Oxford Thermoluminescent Test 266c31 on November 9, 1976 is consistent with the figure's dating.
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