Upper part of a female haniwa figure, Japanese

An image of This fragment of a haniwa figure of a woman is made of coiled and smoothed clay with pierced slits for the eyes and mouth, and an applied clay nose, and jewellery. Remnants of the original colouring can be seen on her face. Red earthenware, hand built, with traces of pigment, height 31.6 cm, width 27 cm, 250-600 AD. It was made during Japan's Kofun Period.

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This fragment of a haniwa figure of a woman is made of coiled and smoothed clay with pierced slits for the eyes and mouth, and an applied clay nose, and jewellery. Remnants of the original colouring can be seen on her face. Red earthenware, hand built, with traces of pigment, height 31.6 cm, width 27 cm, 250-600 AD. It was made during Japan's Kofun Period.

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Accession Number: C.397-1991
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Image Library
Image height: 1220 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS Windows
Filesize: 131.69kB

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6th Century _WF_AdOK _WF_Bridgeman_Supplied _WF_KWD _WF_OPAC AD clay earthenware female figure Fitz_ANT fragment headdress headgear Japanese jewellery Kofun Period sculpture woman

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