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Anonymous
Dogūcirca 1000-250 B.C.

Not on view
Unglazed gray earthenware figure with wide flanged body, bulging ovoid forms at top, dense low-relief surface decoration, and four short conical legs

Anonymous, Dogū, circa 1000-250 B.C., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Anonymous
Title
Dogū
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
circa 1000-250 B.C.
Period
Jōmon period (11,000-400 BCE) or Yayoi period (400 BCE-300 CE)
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
7 1/4 x 8 3/4 in. (18.4 x 22.2 cm)
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch Fund
Accession Number
M.58.9.6
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Japanese Art