Object Title
北魏/北齊 彩繪陶騎駝俑 Camel and Rider
Measurements
H. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm); W. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm)
Creation Date
mid-to-late 6th century, Northern Wei (386–534)–Northern Qi (550–577) dynasty
Credit Line
Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015
Museum Name
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/49543
Provenance Information
Purchased from R. H. Ellsworth, Ltd., New York, by Florence and Herbert Irving, New York, in 1988; Collection of Florence and Herbert Irving, New York from 1988 to 2015, on loan to The Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1988 until donation to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2015.
Exhibition Information
On view continuously since 1988 in the Charlotte C. Weber Galleries for the Arts of Ancient China at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Publication Information
Knauer, Elfriede Regina. The Camel's Load in Life and Death : Iconography and Ideology of Chinese Pottery Figurines from Han to Tang and their Relevance to Trade along the Silk Routes. Zurich: Akanthus, 1998, pp. 106–07, figs. 73a, b.
Published on The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s online collection database.
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/49543?sortBy=Relevance&ft=2015.500.7.5&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=1 as of July 2015
Published on The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s online collection database.
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/49543?sortBy=Relevance&ft=2015.500.7.5&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=1 as of July 2015
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
The Camel and Rider has been on long-term loan to The Metropolitan Museum of Art since 1988.