A RARE PAIR OF MAGNIFICENT LARGE SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURES OF BACTRIAN CAMELS TANG DYNASTY (618-907) Each differently detailed and shown standing on a rectangular base, one straw glazed with amber glaze splashed on the sides and used to highlight the unusual roughly textured hair outlining the cheeks, as well as the finely scored hair on the top of the head and humps, on the rougher hair on the legs, and on the tail flicked up and to the side, the fitted splash-glazed blanket with green-glazed fringe; the other amber and straw-glazed camel with head raised and mouth open in a bray, its humps flopped to either side and its back laden with a splash-glazed pack molded with large masks, as well as various trade goods and provisions including a twisted skein, a strip of fabric and haunches of meat and a ewer, the latter applied to the packboards 33¼ and 32 in. high (85.1 and 81.3 cm.) high (2)
A RARE PAIR OF MAGNIFICENT LARGE SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURES OF BACTRIAN CAMELS TANG DYNASTY (618-907) Each differently detailed and shown standing on a rectangular base, one straw glazed with amber glaze splashed on the sides and used to highlight the unusual roughly textured hair outlining the cheeks, as well as the finely scored hair on the top of the head and humps, on the rougher hair on the legs, and on the tail flicked up and to the side, the fitted splash-glazed blanket with green-glazed fringe; the other amber and straw-glazed camel with head raised and mouth open in a bray, its humps flopped to either side and its back laden with a splash-glazed pack molded with large masks, as well as various trade goods and provisions including a twisted skein, a strip of fabric and haunches of meat and a ewer, the latter applied to the packboards 33¼ and 32 in. high (85.1 and 81.3 cm.) high (2)
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