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Artist name:

Chinese



Artwork title:

Bactrian camel


Description: Standing two-humped camel with saddle on back, on rectangular, unpainted base curved upwards in the middle; modelled in reddish clay covered with pinkish-white slip and painted in black and red pigments; hollow and open beneath; writing in pencil on base: Tang 6-800 W539 HES.

Artwork date(s): T'ang dynasty
Artwork type: Eastern Collection
Medium: earthenware, slip traces
Measurements: H:490 L:470
Accession number: 542

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