Chinese antique bronze camel. Length: 5.5 inches = 14 cm, Height: 4.25 inches = 10 cm. Weight: 2 lb. 1 oz. = 940 g. Age: 500 BC-100 AD. Provenance: private collection in Florida, purchased in 1980s -1990's. The Ordos culture comprises the period from Upper Paleolithic to the late Bronze age at the Ordos Desert, in the south of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. The Ordos culture of about 500 BCE to 100 CE is known for its "Ordos bronzes", blade weapons, finials for tent-poles, horse gear, and small plaques and fittings for clothes and horse harness, using animal style decoration with relationships both with the Scythian art of regions much further west, and also Chinese art. The Ordos were predominantly Mongoloid, as known from their skeletal remains and artifacts,[1] but numerous interactions between Europoid and Mongoloid might have also taken place in that region over the course of several centuries,[2] until its occupation by Qin and Han dynasties. Condition: beautiful old patina, no defects. All sales are final! Buyer assumes all responsibility! No refunds will be given under any circumstances! No returns! Please, ask all you questions before you bid! If you have any doubts - do not bid!