Camels from Tang Dynasty p.4

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from Guimet Museum,  Paris, France:

Tang camels and some Sogdians or northern attendants 

. this one is late Sui Dynasty or early Tang

from British Museum  in London, UK - tomb of Liu Tingxun

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Camels from Tang Dynasty p.3

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continuing the camels in Tang China

from the Ostasiastiska Museum in Stockholm, Sweden,  come these wonderful sculptures: 

. figure of foreigner or Sogdian from Central Asia

ladies and musicians

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Camels from Tang Dynasty p.2

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More of the camels, and various figurines of foreigners,  from the Tang China - from the collection of the Cernuschi Museum  of Paris, France .

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and some beautifully dressed courtly ladies who were the recipients of the more exquisite  goods brought to Chang'an, the capital.

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Camels from Tang Dynasty of China p.1

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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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