Haniwa head
Haniwa head
Haniwa head
Haniwa head
Haniwa head
Haniwa head
Haniwa head
Haniwa head
Haniwa head
Haniwa head
Haniwa head
Haniwa head

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Haniwa head

Unknown artist
Japanese
Kofun period, 300–710 CE
2022-89

Information

Title
Haniwa head
Maker
Unknown artist
Medium
Earthenware with pigments
Dimensions
30 × 22.5 × 16.4 cm (11 13/16 × 8 7/8 × 6 7/16 in.) with mount: 36 × 24 × 17.5 cm (14 3/16 × 9 7/16 × 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Jane and Raphael Bernstein
Object Number
2022-89
Culture
Japanese
Period
Kofun
Type
ceramics, sculptures

–2002 London Gallery (Tokyo, Japan), on consignment to Sebastian Izzard LLC, Asian Art, (New York, NY).
2002–ca. 2002 Sebastian Izzard LLC, Asian Art, (New York, NY), sold to Raphael and Jane Bernstein (Ridgewood, NJ), ca. 2002.
ca. 2002–2022 Raphael and Jane Bernstein (Ridgewood, NJ), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2022.

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