Ceramic foreign groom- Hunan Museum
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Ceramic foreign groom
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Date:Tang Dynasty(618-906 CE)

Dimensions: Height of the Groom: 18cm; Height of Camel: 18.5cm; Length of Camel: 17cm;

Origin: Excavated from the Tomb in Chigangchong, Changsha City, Hunan Province in 1985


Dressed in a long robe, the figurine wears a cap and a pair of boots, with a belt tied around his waist. He is half bare backed, wearing just one sleeve and leaving the other hanging down loosely around his belt——a habit to deal with the changeable weather from chilly mornings to hot noontimes where they live. His left arm stretches before his chest and right arm bends and raises to lead a camel behind him. Judging from his clothing, big eyes and curled moustache, he is the very image of the foreign people who came from the western Asia through the Silk Road in Tang Dynasty. The ceramic camel stands erect, seems like funny and well-behaved at the same time.


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