Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012

Haniwa in the Form of a Shield

Haniwa in the Form of a Shield

c. 500

Japan, Kofun period

(c. AD 300-710)

Earthenware with applied, cut, and incised designs and red slip

Overall: 120 x 48.7 x 18 cm (47 1/4 x 19 3/16 x 7 1/16 in.)

The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1999.170

Location

Description

Haniwa (clay cylinders) topped with the form of a shield, or with a shield and quiver of arrows, appear on some tomb mounds called kofun (old mounds). There are also warriors holding a shield, their heads peeping out over the tops, or diagonally across their bodies. There are even some haniwa with a warrior’s helmet sitting at the top of the cylinder above the shield. This unusual object has a shield and quiver on the front, and the face of a warrior wearing a helmet on the reverse.

Video

How was this made?
See also

Contact us

The information about this object, including provenance, may not be currently accurate. If you notice a mistake or have additional information about this object, please email collectionsdata@clevelandart.org.

To request more information about this object, study images, or bibliography, contact the Ingalls Library Reference Desk.

All images and data available through Open Access can be downloaded for free. For images not available through Open Access, a detail image, or any image with a color bar, request a digital file from Image Services.