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| Keywords: Chinese - Camel - Walters 492383 - Profile.jpg 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 century 7 8 Technique sancai glazes earthenware cm 57 47 accession number 49 2383 7363 C K Chang Philadelphia date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum 1949 by purchase Museum purchase 1949 place of origin China Walters Art Museum license Chinese ceramics in the Walters Art Museum Tang dynasty sancai camel statues Statues of camels of the Tang Dynasty Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
