New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Funerary Sculpture in the Form of a Standing Bactrian Camel

Artist Unknown

CultureChinese | Sui Dynasty | Tang Dynasty

Datelate 6th-7th century A.D.

MediumCeramic | White earthenware with cold-painted pigments over a thin layer of pale yellow glaze

DimensionsOverall: 12 7/8 x 3 3/8 in. (32.7 x 8.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Dr. James C. Perry in Memory of Nancy Nash Perry

Object number36.8.109

Collections

Asian Art

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 106

DescriptionTomb pottery figure of a Bactrian camel. Hollow camel has long rather static tubular legs standing foursquare on rectangular pottery base. Camel's head thrown back, mouth open, has thick muscular neck; the bulky body with pack thrown over back between two humps. Much deteriorated straw glaze overall; traces of black pigment in tiger stripe design on pack and harness around neck and tail. Traces of red pigment on camel mane, shoulders, rump and humps. Saddle or pack cloth fits around humps.