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CERAMICS
Various Properties
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A HANIWA EARTHENWARE HEAD OF A WOMAN The result of an Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test
Kofun period (circa 300-593), 6th century (sample no.N119e8, dated 27 March 2019) is consistent with the
Modelled staring ahead wearing a rectangular-slab headpiece dating of this lot.
surmounted by a decorative loop, a knotted necklace around her neck,
painted on the face in reddish-brown pigment, on an unrelated wood For a similarly painted face on a Haniwa head (‘with body’) see
stand; with a wood storage box. Kamei Masamichi, Jinbutsu, dobutsu haniwa (Haniwa figures of
The head: 21.5cm (8½in) high; humans and animals), Nihon no bijutsu (Arts of Japan), no.346
overall height: 35.6cm (14in) high. (3). (March 1995), p.6, no.9.
£8,000 - 12,000
JPY1,200,000 - 1,700,000
US$10,000 - 16,000
For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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