A green-brown glazed pottery group of a camel with a calf, Sui-Tang dynasty, 7th century

Lot 390. A green-brown glazed pottery group of a camel with a calf, Sui-Tang dynasty, 7th century. H. 37,5 cm. Estimate 12.000/18.000 €. Lot sold 12.000 €. Courtesy Nagel

Standing on a flat base, the head held erect, the mouth opened, the ears sticking out. With a saddlecloth fastened around the neck, the belly and back with buckled straps, loaded with a blanket. The space between the legs is solidly modelled and moulded in relief, showing on one side a suckling calf, on the other two small figures each with a raised arm. Unglazed areas partly painted in dark red. The base is pierced with three large holes. 

Age measurement confirmed by Thermoluminescence Analysis 30th November 1998 (Oxford Authentication, no. C103a92). 

Provenance: Bought in 2000 from L.H.W. Investment & Trading Limited, Hong Kong.

Described and illustrated in: Regina Krahl: Collection Julius Eberhardt. Early Chinese Art, vol. 2, Hong Kong 2004, p. 66f.