A JAPANESE HEAD OF HANIWA TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A MAN
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A JAPANESE HEAD OF HANIWA TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A MAN

KOFUN PERIOD, 5TH-6TH CENTURY

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A JAPANESE HEAD OF HANIWA TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A MAN
KOFUN PERIOD, 5TH-6TH CENTURY
Of low-fired reddish clay, modeled as a warrior, with braided hair and traces of a beard, wearing a peaked cap and a jacket tied with a bow
22 ½ in. (57.2 cm.) high
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The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. N115a20 is consistent with the dating of this lot.

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