KOFUN PERIOD (7TH CENTURY)

Details

A HANIWA FIGURE OF A DOG
Kofun Period (7th Century)
Of low-fired reddish-clay pottery shaped into an abstract figure of a dog, old restoration
16in. (41cm.) high

Literature

Discussed in Kobayashi Yukio, Haniwa, Tojitaikei, vol. 3 (Tokyo, 1974), pl. 90.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

This rare specimen displays a high degree of abstraction through the unusual fusion of each pair of front and back legs into a single pole.
The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd thermoluminescence test, no. N100f7, is consistent with the dating of this lot.

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