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A LARGE HANIWA EARTHENWARE
FIGURE OF A WARRIOR
LATE KOFUN PERIOD (6TH-7TH CENTURY)
Of low-fired reddish clay, modeled as a male
figure wearing a hat and armor, the head
applied with two long plaits of hair and a
sword slung from his waist, painted on the
armor and skirt in reddish brown pigment, the
results of the report on Thermoluminescence
Analysis no. N119s61 obtained by the
Research Laboratory for Archaeology and
the History of Art, Oxford University, are
consistent with the dating of this lot
36 in. (91.4 cm.) high including wood stand
$30,000-50,000

PROVENANCE:
Nagatani, Chicago. 5 March 1964