Camels from Tang Dynasty of China p.1

 Salvete Omnes,

a quick trip to the 2nd half of first millennium AD in Eastern and Central Asia - the  multiethnic Tang Empire and their art.

some of the Tang fantastic  Bactrian camel figurines - 

Bactrian camel and rider - Art Institute of Chicago

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and this Tang figurine from the MET with unusual imagery on its saddlebags

 

Rijks Museum Tang camels 

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 attendant from the MET

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