A Painted Pottery Figure of a Camel

TANG DYNASTY (618-907)

唐陶加彩駱駝
powerfully modelled with a swaying neck and plump body supported by legs standing four-square with a soft bend at the knee; the head reared upwards with bulging eyes and an inquisitive expression, bearing bags of provisions decorated with animal-head masks between two humps across the back.

Height 21 in., 53.3 cm.

Property from the Collection of Tina and Simon Beriro, Aspen, Colorado

The result of Oxford Authentication thermoluminescence test no. C121j49 is consistent with the dating of this lot.

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Ms. Wu joined the firm in 2014, after working as a specialist in the Asian Works of Art Department of an East Coast auction house. She researches, appraises, and sells Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, and South East Asian works of art, including jades, bronzes, ceramics, paintings, armor, and furniture. Throughout her career, Ms. Wu has achieved record prices for several prominent estates and collections, including the Estate of Frank G. Mertes, Sr., Winona, Minnesota; the Chinese Painting Collection of Ms. Yuan Jiaying and Mr. Li Guoyuan, Chicago; the Estate of Hisazo Nagatani, Chicago, and the Asian Art Collection deaccessioned from the Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.