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camel sculpture Walters Art Museum 49.2383
Artist	Anonymous (China)Unknown author
Title	Camel
Object type	sculpture
Genre	sancai
Description	English: This double-humped camel with tiger-faced saddlebag raises its head and bares its teeth. Its maker modeled the figure, allowed it to dry, then covered it with a thin coat of white clay (slip) before applying lead silicate glazes of amber, cream, blue, green and brown. When the camel was later fired, the glazes ran together in the kiln, producing a mottled and streaked effect that evidently appealed to the Tang [T'ang] Chinese. Tie-dyed textiles of the period have a similar character. This camel, like all wares with lead-fluxed glazes, was made to be placed in a tomb, presumably of an important person.
Date	between 7th century and 8th century  Tang dynasty (618–907)
Medium	lead glaze on earthenware
Dimensions	height: 57 cm (22.4 in) ; width: 45.4 cm (17.8 in) ; depth: 20.3 cm (7.9 in)  dimensions QS:P2048,+57U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,+45.4U174728 dimensions QS:P5524,+20.3U174728
Collection	Walters Art Museum    Native name Walters Art Museum Location Baltimore, United States of America Coordinates 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W   Established 1934  Website thewalters.org Authority file : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number	49.2383 (Walters Art Museum)
Place of creation	China
Object history	C. K. Chang, Philadelphia [date and mode of acquisition unknown] Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase
Credit line	Museum purchase, 1949
References	Walters Art Museum artwork ID: 7363
Source	Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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