A LARGE JAPANESE HANIWA FIGURE OF A HORSE, LATE KOFUN PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH CENTURY |

of low-fired red clay, standing four-square on long columnar legs, the face directed forward and equipped in cheek guards and a bridle affixed by the upright ears, the reigns draped across the thick neck fringed by a cropped mane, a saddle with a sharply defined upright horn and cantle and secured by a breast collar patterned with zigzags, the cropped tail rising at an angle giving the animal’s posture an alert and distinguished aspect 

Collection of Nelson Rockefeller, prior to 1979

The horse has been restored from multiple breaks, and a few areas of loss have been filled as part of the restoration.
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