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Source Description
This sculpture depicts a lively camel with two humps. Like the horse, the camel was perhaps an even more potent symbol of commerce, exchange, and travel between China and the many kingdoms and cultures across the northwest deserts of Asia during the Tang dynasty (618–907). All kinds of raw materials and export goods—like silks, spices, ceramics—were carried across the continent on the backs of camels and via caravans along the so-called Silk Roads. While this camel was made for a tomb and therefore did not literally travel, it embodies the kinds of exchanges that characterized life during the Tang dynasty.
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Document identity
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7363
label
Camel
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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Source metadata
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7363
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Camel
description
This sculpture depicts a lively camel with two humps. Like the horse, the camel was perhaps an even more potent symbol of commerce, exchange, and travel between China and the many kingdoms and cultures across the northwest deserts of Asia during the Tang dynasty (618–907). All kinds of raw materials and export goods—like silks, spices, ceramics—were carried across the continent on the backs of camels and via caravans along the so-called Silk Roads. While this camel was made for a tomb and therefore did not literally travel, it embodies the kinds of exchanges that characterized life during the Tang dynasty.
provenance
C. K. Chang, Philadelphia [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase.
date
7th-8th century (Tang dynasty)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
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en
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Ceramics
sculpture (visual works)
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8
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
57
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45.4
depth
20.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 22 7/16 x L: 17 7/8 x D: 8 in. (57 x 45.4 x 20.3 cm)
Source extras
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Chinese
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Tang dynasty
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Earthenware ceramic, three-color (sancai) glaze
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6238
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CHN
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none
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