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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
Nagatani, Chicago. 5 March 1964
Haniwa, "clay ring," take their name from the unglazed clay cylinders placed on the large tomb mounds of the Japanese elite beginning in the fourth century. The tubular bases were sunk into the ground for stability. In the succeeding centuries, potters of the cylinders expanded into sculptures of humans, animals and household objects. The haniwa were fashioned by the coil and slab technique, smoothed with a bamboo comb and finished with a bamboo knife or spatula, then dried or fired at a low temperature, which resulted in their warm buff or reddish color.