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A VERY LARGE (71 CM) SANCAI-GLAZED AND INCISED POTTERY FIGURE OF A BACTRIAN CAMEL, TANG DYNASTY
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A VERY LARGE (71 CM) SANCAI-GLAZED AND INCISED POTTERY FIGURE OF A BACTRIAN CAMEL, TANG DYNASTYScientific Analysis Report: A thermoluminescence analysis report issued by Oxford Authentication on 25 February 2026, based on sample number C126b67, sets the firing date of the two samples taken between 900 and 1500 years ago, consistent with the dating above. A copy of the report accompanies this lot.China, 618-906. Standing foursquare on an unglazed rectangular base, the head raised high and the mouth open in a braying motion, further detailed with round bulging eyes and funnel-shaped ears, covered in green, ochre, and straw glazes.The saddle is finely incised with floral sprays flanked by swirling clouds.Provenance: Collection of Dr. Helmut Ploog, Munich, Germany, assembled from 1965 onwards and thence by descent. Dr. Helmut Ploog (1940-2024) was among the most influential and respected graphologists in the German-speaking world. Over the course of a distinguished career as an expert witness, educator, and author, he published a series of seminal works that are now regarded as standard references in the study of handwriting and character analysis. Beyond his professional achievements, Ploog cultivated a deep commitment to the arts. He assembled a notable collection of Asian art, including significant Chinese and Thai works. He donated part of his collection, among them several important Khmer sculptures, to the Weltmuseum in Vienna. Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Old repairs and touchups as generally expected from authentic Tang dynasty excavations. Small losses, firing cracks, flaking to the glaze, encrustations, and a small hole from sample-taking, now filled.Weight: 13.3 kg Dimensions: Height 70.8 cmThis fine example of Tang dynasty pottery would have been made for the tombs of the Tang elite. Such figures, which would have been very expensive to purchase, provided an obvious indication of the wealth of a family who could afford to inter such costly goods with their deceased relative. Not surprisingly, camels have been found among the burial items in a number of Tang Imperial tombs, as well as some of those belonging to other members of the Tang nobility.The two-humped Bactrian camel was known in China as early as the Han dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD), having been brought from Central Asia and Eastern Turkestan as tribute. The camel was used by the court and the merchants to transport Chinese goods across the difficult terrain of the Silk Road to the eager markets of Central Asia, Samarkand, Persia and Syria. They carried, on their return journeys, many of the exotic luxuries from the west that were desired by the sophisticated Tang court.Literature comparison:Compare a closely related sancai glazed pottery figure of a Bactrian camel, also with an incised saddle, dated Tang dynasty, 80 cm tall, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, lot 新00142689.Auction result comparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Christie's New York, 17 March 2017, lot 1136Price: USD 87,500 or approx. EUR 98,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: A large sancai-glazed pottery figure of a Bactrian camel, Tang dynastyExpert remark: Compare the similar subject, pose, and finely detailed saddle. Note the size (80 cm).

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