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5/4/2019

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Introduction to the AAT

revised May 2019 For educational purposes

Creator:

unknown Chinese

Title:

Camel Made for a Tomb

Classification:

sculptures

Work Type:

sculpture | funerary sculpture

Date:

Tang Dynasty (618-907)

Style/Period:

Tang Dynasty | S

ancai (ceramics style)

Materials Display:

earthenware with sancai (tricolor) glaze

Indexing:

earthenware [AAT 300140803]three-color ware (Chinese ware) [AAT 300387380]

Dimensions:

height: 23 inches (58.4 cm)

General subject:

animal | ceremonial object

Specific Subject:

Camelus bactrianus (species)

Location:

Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania)

Flag:

current

Repository numbers:

1963-5-1

Credit Line:

Gift of Rodman A. Heeren in memory of his mother,

Fernanda Wanamaker Munn, 1963Location:

China

Type:

creation

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