Showstopping pottery model of a recumbent Bactrian camel
TEFAF Maastricht closed on Sunday with museum-quality goods having sold well – particularly Old Masters, Contemporary art and Oriental – but business was being achieved from the opening party on March 9, when collectors converged on this showstopping pottery model of a recumbent Bactrian camel, 101/2in (27cm) high, on the stand of London specialist Ben Janssens.
The price of around £100,000 on the Chinese early Tang dynasty (7th century AD) beast proved no dete…