Lot 145.  A rare mottled jade figure of a recumbent Bactrian camel, Tang dynasty or later. Length 11.5 cm, 4½ in. Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 GBP. Lot sold: 63,000 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's.

well carved with its front and rear legs neatly tucked beneath the body, the head with almond-shaped eyes and large lobed ears, its beard, humps and tail finely incised and detailed, the mottled light olive-brown stone with dark grey veining and caramel inclusions.

Literature: W. B. Trousdale, 'Chinese Jade at Philadelphia', Oriental Art, Vol. X, no. 2, 1984, p. 113, pl. 23.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, 4 November 2020, Hong Kong