土偶|Dogū (Clay Figurine)

Unknown Artist

1000–300 BC

土偶|Dogū (Clay Figurine) by Unknown Artist

Medium

Earthenware with cord-marked and incised decoration (Tōhoku region)

Dimensions

H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm); W. 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm); D. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)

Classification

Ceramics

Culture & Period

Japan · Final Jōmon period (ca. 1000–300 B.C.)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975

Accession Number

1975.268.191

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