A large ochre-glazed pottery camel and groom Tang Dyansty

the camel stood four-square on a rectangular base with, the head held high, the groom standing a small rectangular base wearing a long tunic and high pointed cap, both partially covered with a streaky ochre glaze

Eskenazi, Milan, 1988

The camel's head and jaw had been broken and restored. Both hindlegs have been broken and restored with associated overpainting. There are areas of glaze chips/abrasion to the tail, the edge of the saddle, the top of the humps and the hooves. The groom's head may have been broken and restuck, with a thin layer of clay around the neck line. There are small chips and nibbling along the extremities. There is a triangular area of glaze wear on the robes to the reverse. Both has minor glaze wear and glaze firing imperfections including kiln grits.
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