Lot 78. A painted gray pottery camel, Tang dynasty (618-907). Height 18 in., 45.7 cm; Length 15 1/2  in., 39.4 cm. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 USD. Lot sold 12,500 USD. © Sotheby's

shown standing forward, its neck arched and head raised up, eyes wide open, with manes and tufts of hair combed, with bedding and bags of provisions tied and slung between the two humps; together with a painted pottery horse head and a head of a young attendant, Han dynasty (5).

Provenance: Collection of  Jesse Clyde Nichols (1880-1950) and thence by descent.
The head of an attendant: C.T. Loo, New York, 27th February 1934.