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Auction archive: Lot number 212

A MAGNIFICENT MASSIVE SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A BACTRIAN CAMEL

Auction 01.12.1997
1 Dec 1997
Estimate
£120,000 - £180,000
ca. US$199,416 - US$299,124
Price realised:
£111,500
ca. US$185,290
Auction archive: Lot number 212

A MAGNIFICENT MASSIVE SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A BACTRIAN CAMEL

Auction 01.12.1997
1 Dec 1997
Estimate
£120,000 - £180,000
ca. US$199,416 - US$299,124
Price realised:
£111,500
ca. US$185,290
Beschreibung:

A MAGNIFICENT MASSIVE SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A BACTRIAN CAMEL tang dynasty The finely modelled powerful beast shown striding forwards with head thrown up and back, its mouth open in a bray revealing a long pointed tongue and two long teeth protruding from the upper jaw, with deeply-scored areas of heavy deep amber-glazed fur between the ears, along the lower side of the neck, on the humps and on the upper forelegs, a splashed green, amber and straw-glazed quatrefoil saddle-cloth thrown over the straw-glazed body, some restoration 36½in. (93cm.) high

Auction archive: Lot number 212
Auction:
Datum:
1 Dec 1997
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
Beschreibung:

A MAGNIFICENT MASSIVE SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A BACTRIAN CAMEL tang dynasty The finely modelled powerful beast shown striding forwards with head thrown up and back, its mouth open in a bray revealing a long pointed tongue and two long teeth protruding from the upper jaw, with deeply-scored areas of heavy deep amber-glazed fur between the ears, along the lower side of the neck, on the humps and on the upper forelegs, a splashed green, amber and straw-glazed quatrefoil saddle-cloth thrown over the straw-glazed body, some restoration 36½in. (93cm.) high

Auction archive: Lot number 212
Auction:
Datum:
1 Dec 1997
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
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