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Camel and its camel driver in polychrome clay....

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Camel and its camel driver in polychrome clay. The camel is represented with its mouth open and its tongue raised, its mane incised, the rider is sitting on a saddle cloth partly covered by a fringed blanket, game is suspended on both sides of the saddle. The camel is depicted in the attitude of walking, its high thin legs are topped by a tuft of hair. China, Tang period, 618-906. H :85cm Thermoluminescence test of the Oxford laboratory.