A SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A CAMEL TANG DYNASTY |

well modeled, standing foursquare atop a rectangular plinth, the spirited animal with its  neck reared back, the head raised and mouth agape with teeth bared, the straw-glazed body liberally splashed with amber, the characteristic humps enclosed by a brilliant green, amber and straw-glazed saddle cloth outlined with a crisply pleated hem picked out in green, the amber glaze running down the muscular legs

Private European Collection.
Sotheby’s Paris, 12th June 2008, lot 142.

The Tectus Collection, Chinese Ceramics, Borås, 1991, pl. 16.

The pottery figure with restored breaks across the plinth, legs (one of which at the back upper leg extends into the flanks), and the neck. There has been consolidation to cracks and overpaint to glaze loss. The surface with expected crazing to the glaze, wear and accretions consistent with age.
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