China
Camel
Earthenware model of a camel with head thrown back. Pink body with orange and cream glaze on a rectangular base.
Tang dynasty, 618-907AD.
Many models of camel figures, with or wihout human riders, were made by Tang potters. Camels serve as a reminder of the activity of foreign merchants who came with camel trains to trade along the silk road.
1948.P.94
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Camel.
