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A HANIWA TERRACOTTA MODEL OF A HOUSE
KOFUN (TUMULUS) PERIOD (circa 6TH CENTURY A.D.)
Of rectangular section resting on a recessed foot with four walls slanted slightly inward which end at the extended and sloped lower roof; the upper section of the roof rolled and flared at each end and incised with a checkerboard pattern of incised horizontal and vertical lines, the slanted walls also incised with longer vertical lines--16½in. (42cm.) high; 13¾in. (35cm.) long; 12¼in. (31cm.) deep, restorations
The results of the Report on Thermoluminescence Analysis no. 581s94 obtained by the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Oxford University, are consistent with the dating of this lot.
KOFUN (TUMULUS) PERIOD (circa 6TH CENTURY A.D.)
Of rectangular section resting on a recessed foot with four walls slanted slightly inward which end at the extended and sloped lower roof; the upper section of the roof rolled and flared at each end and incised with a checkerboard pattern of incised horizontal and vertical lines, the slanted walls also incised with longer vertical lines--16½in. (42cm.) high; 13¾in. (35cm.) long; 12¼in. (31cm.) deep, restorations
The results of the Report on Thermoluminescence Analysis no. 581s94 obtained by the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Oxford University, are consistent with the dating of this lot.