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The Property of Dr. Richard and Ruth Dickes
An earthenware head of a woman (Dogu)
Late Jomon period (5th - 3rd century BC)
Details
An earthenware head of a woman (Dogu)
Late Jomon period (5th - 3rd century BC)
The head of a goggle-eyed figure (shakok dogu) of low-fired reddish clay with black fire marks, wearing a head-ornament pierced, designed with punched and incised designs
4 ¾ in. (12.1 cm.) high
The results of the Report on Thermoluminescence Analysis no. N117b33 obtained by the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Oxford University, are consistent with the dating of this lot
With wood box inscribed Jomon dogu tobu (head of Jomon-period dogu) and stating that the head was excavated at Kamegaoka, Tateoka Town, Nishi Tsugaru County, Aomori Prefecture
Late Jomon period (5th - 3rd century BC)
The head of a goggle-eyed figure (shakok dogu) of low-fired reddish clay with black fire marks, wearing a head-ornament pierced, designed with punched and incised designs
4 ¾ in. (12.1 cm.) high
The results of the Report on Thermoluminescence Analysis no. N117b33 obtained by the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Oxford University, are consistent with the dating of this lot
With wood box inscribed Jomon dogu tobu (head of Jomon-period dogu) and stating that the head was excavated at Kamegaoka, Tateoka Town, Nishi Tsugaru County, Aomori Prefecture
Provenance
Harry G. C. Packard by repute
Mathias Komor, New York, 10 August 1961
Dr. Robert and Bernice Dickes, New York
Mathias Komor, New York, 10 August 1961
Dr. Robert and Bernice Dickes, New York
Literature
Koyama Fujio, ed., Japanese Ceramics from Ancient to Modern Times: Selected from Collection in Japan and America (Oakland: The Oakland Art Museum, 1961), no. 4.
Exhibited
Japanese Ceramics from Ancient to Modern Times: Selected from Collection in Japan and America, The Oakland Art Museum, 1961