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Funerary Figure (Ming-ch'i)

Funerary Figure (Ming-ch'i)

Culture: Chinese

Date: 615 - 905 AD (Tang Dynasty)
Medium: terracotta
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm)
Credit Line:Museum Purchase
Object number: 1928.213.1
Symbolic of the great desert caravans along the Silk Road, glazed earthenware camels were often placed in the tombs of wealthy Chinese merchants from the seventh through the tenth centuries.
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