Tang DynastyPosed in motion on a buff pottery base, the muscled Bactrian beast of burden with neck arched and mouth open to bray, heavily laden with griffin-head bags draped over a four-pronged saddle snuggly fitted over swaying humps, the creature's chestnut body elegantly accented with cream highlights at the head, ruff, tail, and humps with a dramatic green glaze appointing the masked saddle bags. 15 3/4in (40cm) high; 14 3/4in (37.5cm) long,转到 Chinese Works of Art Go
注脚:唐 三彩駱駝A much larger sancai-glazed camel with a wider leg stance and with differing goods carried on its pannier, sold at Christie's, New York, 20 September 2005, lot 191. It can also be compared with a larger but related sancai-glazed camel, sold at Bonhams London, 8 November 2018, lot 28. These laden camels epitomize the richness of the trade across the famed silk route during the Tang dynasty. The two-humped Bactrian camel was much prized for its endurance and Imperial camel herds were established under the administration of a special bureau. These were used for state duties and even courier service, besides the obvious use transporting goods across the vast deserts. For a large braying camel laden with goods excavated in 1981 from a tomb in Luoyang, Henan, see Zhongguo wenwu jinghua daquan-taoci juan, Taipei, 1993, p. 155, no. 534.