#BookRecommendation for #WorldCamelDay :
Camel (Animal series) by Robert Irwin (2010) https://amzn.to/3XToobp via #AmazonAssociates
#BookRecommendation for #WorldCamelDay :
Camel (Animal series) by Robert Irwin (2010) https://amzn.to/3XToobp via #AmazonAssociates
For #WorldCamelDay :
4 figurines of Bactrian #Camels
Yotkan, Xinjiang, China, 1st–6th c. CE
Clay, H 7.6, 6.0, 3.8, 3.3 cm
British Museum MAS.24, MAS.8, 1902,1220.375, MAS.25:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_MAS-24
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_MAS-8
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1902-1220-375
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_MAS-25
For #WorldCamelDay :
Aloys Zötl (Austrian, 1803-1887)
#Camel in the Desert, 1846
Watercolor & ink on paper
Image 27.5 x 36 cm / Sheet 41 x 54.2 cm
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/CAMEL-IN-THE-DESERT/25D3F0B459B880CF
#WorldCamelDay: Camels with Dutch Handlers
Japan, Edo period c.1821
Woodblock print; ink & stencil-printed color on paper
"A Dutchman escorts the procession of male & female camels handled by two Arabian attendants in handsomely patterned clothes. At upper left is the Dutch word kameel & the term is defined in Japanese to the left. At upper right is a detailed account of the physical attributes of the animals, with the heading 'Camels brought over by the Dutch.'"
The Met: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/77012
#WorldCamelDay: if your camel turns this color, please see a vet
Vase in the form of a camel, 1870
Modeler: James Hadley (British, 19th century)
Maker: Worcester Factory (British)
Porcelain, 6 13/16 × 10 1/4 × 5 in. (17.3 × 26 × 12.7 cm)
Met collection: https://metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/770921
For #WorldCamelDay: Mosaic Fragment with Grazing Camel, Byzantine (Eastern Mediterranean, probably Syria), 5th century. Stone in mortar,
143 × 166.5 × 6.5 cm (56 1/4 × 61 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.).
One hump = Dromedary (Camelus dromedarius)!
On display at The Art Institute of Chicago.
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/35355/mosaic-fragment-with-grazing-camel
For #WorldCamelDay: Composite Camel with Attendant
Iran, Khurasan, c. 1575-1600
opaque watercolor & ink on paper
Met collection: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/447804
#PersianArt #IslamicArt
For #WorldCamelDay: Caravan, 1930. One of a series of paintings of life in Tiflis/Tbilisi by Borys Romanowski / Boris Romanovsky (1879-1947), a Polish artist who lived and worked in the Georgian capital in the 1st half of the 20th century.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Borys_Romanowski._Tiflis._1930_02.jpg