A painted grey pottery figure of a Bactrian camel and falconer TANG DYNASTY

Date Created: 25 October 2019

Author: Unknown

Source: The Internet

Owner: Christie's

Location: London, UK

Link to: Website

  • China
  • Unidentified Bird of Prey
  • Sculpture
  • 5th - 9th Centuries AD
  • Hunting
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A painted grey pottery figure of a Bactrian camel and falconer
Tang dynasty
The braying camel naturalistically modelled with mouth agape and kneeling on all fours, the large pack slung between the humps atop a long folded cloth and projecting packboards, laden either side with game and pilgrim flasks, surmounted by a foreign rider holding a falcon in his raised right hand, wearing a pointed cap and fur-lined tunic exposing his chest, with traces of white slip, brick-red, orange-red and black pigment, some restoration
43 cm. long

 Comment from Anthony Chen - Probably a central Asian Turk falconer serving in China. The Tang royal family is also of Siberian origin.

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