Blatant camel. Terracotta, traces of polychromy. China.... - Lot 137 - FEE - Stanislas Machoïr

Lot 137
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Blatant camel. Terracotta, traces of polychromy. China.... - Lot 137 - FEE - Stanislas Machoïr
Blatant camel. Terracotta, traces of polychromy. China. Tang Dynasty. 618 to 907. 30xH35cm The camel is represented standing on a terrace, loaded with merchandise that it carries along the along the Silk Road. Such camels evoked for the Chinese elite the wealth that would accompany them in the afterlife. But they also evoke for us the interest of exchanges between countries.
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