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Figure of a man seated on a camel
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1911 - 1960
- Material and technique
- earthenware, moulded, painted white, and with traces of red pigment
- Dimensions
- 18 x 22 x 14.3 cm (height x width x depth)
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- Technique index
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.430
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Further reading
University of Sussex, and Arts and Humanities Research Council, The Barlow Collection, supervised by Regina Krahl, Maurice Howard, and Aiden Leeves (Sussex: University of Sussex, 2006), no. S35
Glossary
earthenware
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earthenware
Ceramic material made of clay which is fired to a temperature of c.1000-1200⁰c. The resulting ceramic is non-vitreous and varies in colour from dark red to yellow.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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The Barlow Collection
This figure is very similar in material and construction to [LI1301.416] in the Barlow Collection, which equally imitates a Northern Wei (AD 386-534) model. Its hollow modelling, moulded from two halves, although the animal seemingly rests on a flat base, is uncharacteristic of an early date.
The camel is shown reclining, with furry mane and neck, pointed humps, its tail bent to one side, its legs resting on a thick plinth, but the whole figure is hollowed out underneath. A fringed saddlecloth surrounding the humps is laden with long poles, a long blanket, a thick bag, suspended bottles and animal as provisions. The rider is depicted as a foreigner, with curly hair and beard, dressed in a furry coat with curled seam, trousers and boots. The piece is made of grey pottery, covered with a white dressing and shows traces of red pigment.
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