Antique Chinese Tang Style Glazed Terracotta Bactrian Camel Figure

Extraordinary Tang Dynasty style bowl - wheel thrown - large size - artful slip splashed decoration to the interior and the outside walls - a rich amber glaze covers the entire body ...

Taoist Yixing Zisha clay 'priest or scholar' figure - cold painted - good detail - unsigned - China - 20th century. Good vintage condition - chips and ...

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Vintage hand carved brown / amber jadeite dragon amulet - China - mid / late 20th century. Excellent vintage condition - no loss - no damage - no res...

This is a very unusual pair of large antique Chinese carved wood bactrian camels. The camels date to the 19th century and are in the Tang dynasty style. The camels retain their beaut...

Vintage Sancai glazed blue pottery figure of a camel Chinese Tang Dynasty manner. A wonderful large Chinese Tang-style glazed pottery figure of a camel carrying goods. Made from tr...

Mingqi in grey terracotta with white slip and polychromy, representing a Bactrian camel, ridden by a court lady. Good condition. Please note that all ancient Chinese terracotta sculp...

A Chinese Terracotta camel from the Tang Dynasty. To the people of China’s Tang dynasty (618-907), very few animals were as useful and revered as th...

Simply gorgeous and so delicately and beautifully made. This work has been molded in a whitish, dense terracotta, typical of the region of the capital of Luoyang, and then lightly glazed. We are not sure how to date this work. We believe, based on comparisons, that this piece could date as far back as the Tang dynasty (though we are not experts and have not had this verified by one. Again, this is not our area of expertise). The white terracotta and glaze appear correct as does the figures stately pose and elaborate hairstyle which was a characteristic feature of Tang pottery women. The people of ancient China believed that some part of the essence and life force of a human being was contained in the hair. Much time and effort went into this to create elaborate coiffures that the woman proudly displayed when in public. The Tang dynasty is also the only period in Chinese History to have known a female sovereign - The Empress Wu Zetian (625-706). Comes with lucite display stand...

Simply gorgeous and so delicately and beautifully made. This work has been molded in a whitish, dense terracotta, typical of the region of the capital of Luoyang, and then lightly glazed. We are not sure how to date this work. We believe, based on comparisons, that this piece could date as far back as the Tang dynasty (though we are not experts and have not had this verified by one. Again, this is not our area of expertise). The white terracotta and glaze appear correct as does the figures stately pose and elaborate hairstyle which was a characteristic feature of Tang pottery women. The people of ancient China believed that some part of the essence and life force of a human being was contained in the hair. Much time and effort went into this to create elaborate coiffures that the woman proudly displayed when in public. The Tang dynasty is also the only period in Chinese History to have known a female sovereign, The Empress Wu Zetian (625-706). Comes with Lucite display stand...