A RARE PAINTED GRAY POTTERY FIGURE OF A KNEELING BACTRIAN CAMEL China, early Tang Dynasty, 7th century. Shown in the process of either lowering itself to the ground or rising, its neck and head pointed straight forward and its mouth partially open to expose the teeth, with deeply scored patches of hair on the head, neck, upper legs and humps. Provenance: A Czech private collection. Galerie Zacke, Vienna, 2000. Dr. Mons Fischer, acquired from the above. A seasoned private collector of modern and contemporary art, Dr. Mons Fischer has also acquired fine Chinese works of art since the 1980s, eventually building one of the most important collections of its kind in Austria. Condition: Some repair as generally expected from Han dynasty excavations. Losses, fissures and encrustations. Three drilled holes from sample-taking. Overall good condition. Scientific Report: A thermoluminescence analysis report issued by Oxford Authentication on February 6th, 2020, based on sample number C120a66, sets the firing date of three samples taken at 900 - 1500 years ago. A copy of the report, issued by Oxford Authentication, is accompanying this lot. Weight: 4.2 kg Dimensions: Length 34 cm The back heavily laden with a large pack showing a central slit and tied together on either side above a long cloth folded below the packing-boards and flanked by twists of cloth and suspended flasks on one side and slain prey on the other. With traces of red, black, white and ochre pigment. Auction result comparison: Compare with a closely related kneeling Bactrian camel at Christies New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 18 September 1997, lot 353, sold for USD $32,200. 罕見的彩繪駱駝灰陶俑 中國，唐代早期，七世紀。如圖所示，駱駝在蹲下或站立起來的過程中其脖子和頭部筆直指向前方，嘴巴部分張開以露出牙齒，頭部、頸部、大腿和背部上可見鬃毛。 來源：一個捷克私人老收藏。維也納Zacke藝廊，2002年。Dr. Mons Fischer購於上述藝廊。Dr. Mons Fischer是一位經驗豐富的現代和當代藝術私人收藏家，從1980年代開始收藏中國藝術品，最終在奧地利建立了此類藏品最重要的收藏之一。 品相：漢代考古發掘普遍進行的一些修復。 缺損、裂縫和結殼。測試所需的樣品採集產生的三個鑽孔。 隨附牛津熱釋光測試檢測證書拷貝 重量：4.2公斤 尺寸：長34厘米