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Country: Finland
Username: laban
Sent on: 15 Apr, 2009
Received on: 20 Apr, 2009
Description: 唐三彩駱駝 / Tri-colored glazed pottery, camel

Tri-colored glazed pottery can be traced back to Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD). But the colors of the glazes used to decorate the wares of the Tang Dynasty generally were not limited to three in number.
The famous”Silk Road”was the main overland route between China and the west.It passed through a series of deserts,in which camel were a vital means of transport,a fact borne out by the large quantities of camel remains that have been discovered by archeologists.


白胎，三彩釉，昂首，睜目，張口，仰天長嘶，背隆雙峰，前峰左傾，後峰右傾，未載貨，僅有橢圓形氈，全身僅兩前腿塑有長毛，餘無絨毛飾，，直立於長方形平臺上。駝身全塗褐色釉，僅頸下、額上、雙峰、及氈毛為淺黃色或白色釉，氈上略敷淺綠色釉，下流延及腹部，淋漓而洒脫。詳觀駝體，可見塑造者的功夫。從其線條與色彩的表達，則充份顯示唐代藝術的最高水準。

References:
Wikipedia
National Digital Archives Program, Taiwan
National Museum of History