Turquoise Figurine in the Form of a Camel Carrying s Palanquin and Two Riders, 12th–early 13th century, Attributed to probably Iran or Iraq, Stonepaste; molded in sections, glazed in turquoise, H. 7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm), Ceramics, Camel-rearing traditions may explain their frequent appearance in twelfth-century arts and their praise in mystical poetry. It has been suggested that Turkmen tribes bred hybrids of one- and two-humped camels and their southward migration and foundation of the Great Seljuq state was prompted, beyond an unstable political situation, by a climate change unfavorable to this occupation
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Turquoise Figurine, Form, Camel Carrying, Palanquin, Two Riders, 12th–early 13th century, Attributed, Iran, Iraq, Stonepaste, molded, sections, glazed, turquoise, H, 7 11/16, 19.5 cm, Ceramics, Camel-rearing traditions, explain, frequent appearance, twelfth-century arts, praise, mystical poetry, suggested, Turkmen tribes, bred, hybrids, two-humped camels, southward migration, foundation, Great Seljuq, state, prompted, beyond, unstable political, situation, climate change, unfavorable, occupation
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