Camel
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...
Images (8)
Artifact
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id
7363
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
C. K. Chang, Philadelphia [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
8
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| source |
source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_49.2383_Prof_TR_T90IA.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_49.2383_Prof_TR_T90IA.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_49.2383_Prof_TR_T90IA.jpg |
| imageCount | 8 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.2383 |
Terms
Culture
Chinese