A SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A BACTRIAN CAMEL, TANG DYNASTY China, 618-907. Standing foursquare on a mostly unglazed square base, with its head raised upwards as if braying, the body covered in a transparent ochre glaze, the back with a molded caparison and glazed with green, cream and ochre. Provenance: Austrian private collection. Galerie Zacke, Vienna, 3 October 1998. Dr. Mons Fischer, acquired from the above. A copy of the original invoice from Galerie Zacke, Vienna, dated to 3 October 1998, accompanies this lot. 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 and touchups as generally expected from Tang dynasty excavations. Losses, fissures, and encrustations. Minor firing flaws, such as firing cracks, glaze flakes, glaze recesses, and dark spots. Drilled holes from sample-taking. Overall, very good condition. Scientific analysis report: A thermoluminescence report issued by Oxford Authentication on 11 February 2020, based on sample no. C120a60, sets the firing date of both two samples taken at 900 - 1500 years ago. A copy of the report, issued by Oxford Authentication, accompanies this lot. Weight: 6.0 kg Dimensions: Height 58 cm Literature comparison: A closely related but smaller sancai pottery camel in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 67.43.1. A related sancai camel is also in the collection of the British Museum, museum number 1915,0409.2. Auction result comparison: Compare with a closely related sancai pottery camel at Bonhams London in Asian Art on 6 November 2017, lot 326, sold for GBP 10,625. 唐代三彩駱駝俑 中國, 618-907年。雙峰駝俑，引頸翹首，四肢挺拔，體態昂揚。周身以黃釉為主，局部間以綠、白色釉。 來源：奧地利私人收藏。維也納 Zacke藝廊, 1998年10月3日。 Mons Fischer博士購於上述藝廊。隨附發票副本。Mons Fischer博士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，最終成爲奧地利中國藝術品重要收藏之一。 圖片：Dr. Mons Fischer 和他的妻子 品相：唐代出土物品中普遍預期的一些維修和修整。 缺損，裂縫和結殼。輕微的燒製缺陷，例如燒製裂紋，釉面開片，釉面内凹和黑斑。 因樣品採集鑽孔。總體而言，狀況良好。 科學檢測報告：隨附一份2020年2月11日出具的牛津熱釋光檢測報告副本， 采樣編號C120a60。檢測結果表明拍品為900-1500年前所制。 重量：6.0 公斤 尺寸：高58 厘米