20th century AD. A Tang-style representation of five musicians mounted on a Bactrian camel, the ringleader standing in the center and around him, arranged two by two, four characters playing the four-stringed pipe, the gong, the flute and the paiban; camel decorated with volutes and vegetal ornaments all over the body, with a blanket embroidered with a woven dragon. See images of Tang Musicians in Rastelli, S., Scarpari, M., Il Celeste Impero, dall'esercito di Terracotta alla via della Seta, Milano, 2008, fig.105, p.214. 1.5 kg, 30.5cm (12"). From a West Country, UK, collection; formerly in a Hong Kong Gallery. During the Tang dynasty, the Chinese music, for the first time, came into contact with foreign music; at court Korean, Indian and Persian music and dances were much appreciated. The pipes that produced the twelve fundamental sounds were corrected. [No Reserve]