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A RARE AND FINELY PAINTED POTTERY GROUP OF A KNEELING CAMEL AND FOREIGN RIDER, TANG DYNASTY
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A RARE AND FINELY PAINTED POTTERY GROUP OF A KNEELING CAMEL AND FOREIGN RIDER, TANG DYNASTYPublished & Exhibited: Chinese Works of Art, Weisbrod Chinese Art, 24 March-9 April 1998, New York, p. 40-43, no. 13.Scientific Analysis Report: A thermoluminescence analysis report issued by Oxford Authentication on 25 February 2026, based on sample number C126b70, sets the firing date of all three samples taken between 900 and 1500 years ago, consistent with the dating above. A copy of the report accompanies this lot.Expert's note: The present group is arguably among the finest of its type. Large kneeling camels from the Tang dynasty are exceptionally rare because their modeling required a high level of artistic skills and technical knowledge, hence animals more frequently represented are those either standing or reclining. China, 618-907. Exquisitely modeled showing the Bactrian camel with forelegs bent and haunches inclined forward in a half-rising stance atop a rectangular base, the braying beast with its head raised and jaws wide revealing teeth and tongue, the saddle detailed with scrolling clouds and supporting a foreign rider with black curled hair dressed in a long tunic and black shoes, all richly painted in ochre, red, green, black, and white pigments.Provenance: Weisbrod Chinese Art, New York, 1998. Michael B. Weisbrod is a noted scholar of Chinese art, who has published extensively on the subject over a time span of more than 50 years. In 1972, Michael joined his father Dr. Gerald Weisbrod's Asian art gallery in Toronto, Canada. The father-and-son team opened their New York location on Madison Avenue in 1977, and during the next 45 years the gallery held a significant number of exhibitions, selling to museums and private collectors across the globe, eventually adding further locations in Shanghai and Hong Kong. Condition: The feet and neck possibly with some old repairs and touchups as generally expected from Tang dynasty excavations. A small chip to one left ear, fine fissures, and encrustations. Small drilled holes from sample-taking, now filled. Overall very good condition.Weight: 7.2 kg Dimensions: Height 37.3 cm, Length 50 cmThe Tang dynasty is undoubtedly one of the most artistically exciting periods in China's long history. The arts are characterized by their diversity, the cosmopolitan nature of their design and the high technical skill employed in their manufacture as this pottery example amply demonstrates. In the first half of this dynasty, up to the An Lushan rebellion of 756, the level of luxury enjoyed by the court and the Tang elite ensured the production of a wide range of goods of the highest quality. As China prospered as a result of trade with the west along the famous Silk Road, camels became increasingly important for the transport of wares, since these impressive animals could carry heavy loads over long distances, surviving several days without water. As their large and broad feet did not sink easily into the sand, they became known as 'the ships of the desert'. Many camels were imported from the states of the Tarim basin, Eastern Turkmenistan and Mongolia and are known as Bactrian camels. The Tang civil servants created a special office to supervise their breeding and services. It seems that no pottery examples showing Chinese riders have been excavated. Perhaps only the Central Asian foreigners were able to tame and guide the camels.Literature comparison:Compare two related painted pottery groups with camels and foreign riders, dated to the early 8th century, 47 cm and 44.5 cm high, in the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields, accession numbers 60.26 and 60.27.Auction result comparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Fraysse & Associés, Paris, 4 December 2025, lot 288Price: EUR 94,448: Camel and rider, Tang dynastyExpert remark: Compare the closely related modeling and subject. Note the near-identical size (39 cm).Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Sotheby's New York, 22 September 2005, lot 253 Price: USD 120,000 or approx. EUR 165,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : A superb 'camel-and-monkey' pottery group, early Tang dynasty Expert remark: Compare the similar pose of the camel, albeit supporting a monkey instead of a rider.

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