A VERY LARGE POTTERY MODEL OF A CAMEL AND 'FOREIGN' RIDER Tang Dynasty The two-hump Bactrian camel modelled striding with right legs forward, neck raised and mouth gaping open to reveal tongue and teeth above the mottled hairy beard, the simple saddle modelled separately and further laden with a separate layer of travel supplies including hanging flasks and rolled blankets, the foreign rider perched above his goods, the bearded face looking ahead with determined expression below the exotic peaked cap, both arms outstretched to hold reins, wood stand. 85cm (33 1/2in) high. (4). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 唐 陶胎彩繪胡人騎駱駝俑 Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2006, no.31. 展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2006年，編號31 The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.C201b83 dated 6 December 2001, is consistent with the dating of this lot. Oxford Authentication Ltd公司熱釋光檢測結果（2001年12月6日，編號C201b83）顯示年代與本拍品年代一致。 A related example of a pottery camel and rider was unearthed from the tomb of Wang Chen (buried 679) in Changzhi City, Shanxi Province, in 1954, and is illustrated by Yu Weichao, A Journey into China's Antiquity, vol.3, Beijing, 1997, pp.66-67, no.58. See also a figure of a groom wearing a similar pointed felt hat, in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, illustrated by E.Schloss, Foreigners in Ancient Chinese Art, New York, 1969, no.4. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com