Lot Essay
For a similar horse in the collection of the Musée Guimet, Paris, see Mayuyama Junkichi, Japanese Art in the West (Tokyo, 1966), no. 430
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A HANIWA TERRACOTTA MODEL OF A HORSE
KOFUN (TUMULUS) PERIOD (circa 6TH CENTURY A.D.)
The large horse standing foursquare with short, conical tail, long, quadrangular head, extended oval-section ears and upright demilune mane, and moulded with a simple bridle on the head, reins, saddle and decorative rear harness, all embellished with raised circular bosses, and moulded with a chest harness hung with 'bells'--35½in. (90cm.) high; 36½in. (93cm.) long, restorations
The results of the Report on Thermoluminescence Analysis no. 581s95 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.)
The large horse standing foursquare with short, conical tail, long, quadrangular head, extended oval-section ears and upright demilune mane, and moulded with a simple bridle on the head, reins, saddle and decorative rear harness, all embellished with raised circular bosses, and moulded with a chest harness hung with 'bells'--35½in. (90cm.) high; 36½in. (93cm.) long, restorations
The results of the Report on Thermoluminescence Analysis no. 581s95 obtained by the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Oxford University, are consistent with the dating of this lot.