AN EARTHENWARE SCULPTURE OF A WOMAN (SHAKOKI DOGU) - photo 1

AN EARTHENWARE SCULPTURE OF A WOMAN (SHAKOKI DOGU)

Lot 50
22.03.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
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$ 176 400
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 726928
Lot 50 | AN EARTHENWARE SCULPTURE OF A WOMAN (SHAKOKI DOGU)
Estimate value
$ 80 000 – 120 000
AN EARTHENWARE SCULPTURE OF A WOMAN (SHAKOKI DOGU)

LATE JOMON PERIOD (5TH-3RD CENTURY BCE)

Of low-fired reddish clay with black fire marks, the body of a goggle-eyed figure, decorated with incised details and scrolling cord pattern, wearing head-ornament with inscised designs

7 1⁄8 in. (18.1 cm.) high

The results of the report on Thermoluminescene Analysis no. N122a32 obtained by the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Oxford University, are consistent with the dating of this lot







Provenance

Private collection, Japan





Literature

Kitano hokori / Kamegaoka bunka (Pride of North Region / Kamegaoka Culture) (Aomori: Aomoriken Bunkazai Hogokyokai, 1990), p. 129

Jomon no fukei / Daichi to jujyutsu (Scenery of Jomon / Land and spell) (Iwate Prefectural Museum, 1984), pl. D-3

Applied technique:Pottery
Medium:Ceramic, Earthenware
Historical era:Jōmon period
Place of origin:Eastern Asia, Japan, Asia
Auction house category:Sculptures
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