Caravans of hundreds of camels made their way back and forth across the Silk Road. With its wide-placed feet that kept it from sinking in the sand, and its ability to go days without water, the camel was the ideal pack animal for this arduous trip.
- Titles Camel (Descriptive)
- Artist China
- Medium glazed earthenware
- Dimensions 31 1/2 x 24 1/2 x 9 in. (80 x 62.2 x 22.9 cm)
- Credit Line Museum purchase with funds provided by Mr. William M. Spencer III, the Museum Store, and the Endowed Fund for Asian Art Acquisitions, 1994.117
- Work Type camel
- Classification Sculpture
- On View
- Provenance With Mason Wong at Yin Chuan Tang Ltd., Hong Kong; 1994 purchased by the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, 1994