Bactrian Camel with Pack Saddle

CultureChinese

Dateearly-mid-8th century C.E.

MediumEarthenware with lead-fluxed glaze

DimensionsOverall: 34 1/4 inches (87 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the Joyce C. Hall Funds of the Community Foundation, the Joyce C. Hall Estate, the Donald J. Hall Designated Fund of the Community Foundation, the Barbara Hall Marshall Designated Fund, and the Elizabeth Ann Reid Donor Advisory Fund

Object numberF83-8/4

On View

On view

Gallery Location

Collections

East Asian Art

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DescriptionA pottery model of a Bactrian camel with two humps and pack saddle; its head raised with open mouth. The pack is ornamented on both sides with a monster's head in relief, and beside it hangs a green water bottle. The camel is covered with an amber glaze with straw-colored humps and mane; the pack and saddle decorated with green, cream, and amber splashed glazes, and amber tail.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

A Bountiful Decade: Selected Acquisitions, 1977–1987, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Mo, October 14 – December 6, 1987.

Provenance

Braganza Investments, Ltd;

Purchased from Braganza Investments, Ltd by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1983.

Published References

Ellen R. Goheen, The Collections of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1988), 158 (repro.).

Roger Ward and Patricia J. Fidler, eds., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection (New York: Hudson Hills Press, in association with Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1993), 61, 292 (repro.).

Orientations, Special issue for the Chinese art collection in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Vol. 39, no. 8 (November/December 2008), 49 (repro.).

Deborah Emont Scott, ed., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection, 7th ed. (Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2008), 330, pl. 143 (repro.).

Colin Mackenzie, with contributions by Ling-En Lu, Masterworks of Chinese art: the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City, Mo.: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2011), 50-55, no. 13 (repro.).

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