12th Mar, 2019 10:00 EST

Asian Arts

 
  Lot 16
 

16

A Chinese grey pottery model of a kneeling Bactrian camel
Northern Qi dynasty

Modelled on a shaped base with one foreleg bent under and the other outstretched, the head with open mouth and appealing expression, slightly turned to one side, covered with a curly mane falling down the curved neck, the back legs still upright below a short curled tail, draped with a delicately painted blanket and bolts of textiles slung between the humps and supported on a wooden frame suspending game and a flask, with finely painted details to the eyes and hair and traces of white and red pigment. Accompanied by the results of Oxford thermoluminescence test #C205g92, dated November 17, 2005, stating that the results are consistant with the suggested period of manufacture.

H. 16 1/4 in., 41.28cm; L: 16 1/2 in., 41.9cm

Provenance: Angela and J. Gallery, New York, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2015

Sold for $2,750
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000


 

Modelled on a shaped base with one foreleg bent under and the other outstretched, the head with open mouth and appealing expression, slightly turned to one side, covered with a curly mane falling down the curved neck, the back legs still upright below a short curled tail, draped with a delicately painted blanket and bolts of textiles slung between the humps and supported on a wooden frame suspending game and a flask, with finely painted details to the eyes and hair and traces of white and red pigment. Accompanied by the results of Oxford thermoluminescence test #C205g92, dated November 17, 2005, stating that the results are consistant with the suggested period of manufacture.

Provenance: Angela and J. Gallery, New York, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2015

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