Chinese Bactrian camel figure

An image of Bactrian camel. Unknown maker, China. Its thick padded feet stand on a small rectangular base, and a felt saddle blanket surrounds its double humps. On its tail is a touch of lead glaze. Unglazed, moulded white earthenware covered in white slip, with traces of black, white and red paint, height, 38.1 cm, circa 618-906. Tang Dynasty (618-907).

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Bactrian camel. Unknown maker, China. Its thick padded feet stand on a small rectangular base, and a felt saddle blanket surrounds its double humps. On its tail is a touch of lead glaze. Unglazed, moulded white earthenware covered in white slip, with traces of black, white and red paint, height, 38.1 cm, circa 618-906. Tang Dynasty (618-907).

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Accession Number: C.30-1912
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 797 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 400.47kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2012:09:13 15:14:06

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AD animal animal figure animals Bactrian camels Chinese earthenware figure glazed hump humped lead-glazed mould made moulded painted slip slip trailed slip-coated slipware T'ang Dynasty Tang Dynasty unglazed

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