ID: 700008980 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008980	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Tribute Horse and Camel (painting (visual work); unknown Chinese; BM: 966 (inscription on revers...; British Museum (London, Greater London, England, United King...; 1919,0101,0.77 (Ch.00207))

Note: From Mogao Grottoes Cave 17, Dunhuang, Gansu Province. Lively sketch of horse and camel, each led by a groom. Two sheets of paper, one animal and groom on each, stuck together. Whip of a third groom is visible on the small surviving bit of paper attached on the right. Served as a record of tribute received. On the reverse, an inscription dating to AD 966. It relates to temple repair and appears to be a rough draft. Ink and colours on paper. This sketch depicts two of the primary modes of transport along the Silk Road, horse and camel. A longer document now housed in the National Museum of New Delhi may originally have continued this composition. In both drawings, the painter has taken liberties with scale, rendering the horse and the camel the same size to fill the page uniformly.

Titles:

Tribute Horse and Camel (preferred,C,U,DE,English-P,U,U)

Painting / 繪畫 (C,U,RP,undetermined,U,U)

匹馬駱駝圖 (C,U,Chinese-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

drawing (visual work) [300033973]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

Asian art (preferred)

paintings

drawings

Creation Date: BM: 966 (inscription on reverse); ca. 10th century

Creator Display:

unknown Chinese [preferred]

artist unknown Chinese (Chinese cultural designation) [500125222]

Locations:

Current: British Museum (London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom) [500125180] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1919,0101,0.77 (Ch.00207)

Credit Line: Collected by: Sir Marc Aurel Stein; Acquisition date 1919

Other: Discovery: Qianfodong [7029798] Gansu province (province), China (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Ink and pigments on paper; painted; 2 sheets of paper, one animal and groom on each, stuck together

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	pigments [300013109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, colorant (material))

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

	painting (image-making) [300054216]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <painting and painting techniques>)

Dimensions: 31.5 × 86 cm (12 3⁄8 × 33 7⁄8 in.)

Cultures:

Chinese (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Northern Song [300018432] (preferred,dynasty)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Asian, East Asian, Chinese (culture or style), Chinese dynastic styles and periods, Song (Chinese culture| style| and period))

General Subject:

animals (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	horse (species) [300250148]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Perissodactyla (order), Equidae (family), Equus (genus)) (AAT)

	camel (mammal) [300250139]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Artiodactyla (order), Camelidae (family)) (AAT)

	grooms (animal caregivers) [300404796]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in agriculture or natural resource occupations>, <people in agriculture>) (AAT)

Provenance: Collected by: Sir Marc Aurel Stein; Acquisition date 1919 Exhibited: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1996 'Serinde, Terre du Bouddha' 2016 7 May-4 Sep, Los Angeles, Getty Research Institute, Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on China's Silk Road

Inscriptions: on back, language Chinese: [Inscription dated to 4th year of Qiande, during reign of the Song Emperor Taizu (AD 966). Not yet translated.]

Related Works:

	former location was .... Mogao Cave 17 [700008877]
	..........rock-cut temple; N/A; begun 9th century

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

............... Works at Mogao

Sources and Contributors:
Tribute Horse and Camel	........ [VP]
	........ Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) cat 7
Painting / 繪畫	........ [VP]
	........ British Museum [online] (1999-)
匹馬駱駝圖	........ [VP]
	........ Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) Cat 7

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)
	..... British Museum [online] (1999-)