Camel

6th-7th century (T'ang dynasty)

12.6 cm 35 cm 31.5 cm

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The two-humped Bactrian camel is native to central Asia and was domesticated around 2500 BC. Camels were the primary mode of transport along the trade routes connecting the ancient civilizations of North Africa, the Near East, South Asia, and East Asia. Bactrian camels followe...

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Robert and Dorothy Ballentine, Parkville, Maryland [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1997, by gift.
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