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2. Dogū - Wikipedia

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   Dogu (Japanese: 土偶, IPA:; literally "earthen figure") are small humanoid and animal figurines made during the later part of the Jōmon period (14,000–400 BC) of prehistoric Japan. [a] Dogū come exclusively from the Jōmon period, and were no longer made by the following Yayoi period.

3. Dogū from the Wanishi Site - Wikipedia

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   The hollow clay figurine has distinctively broad shoulders and hips, which are accentuated by the short arms and legs and adorned with irikumimon (入組文) [7] patterning (applied without use of the surikeshi-jōmon [] or "erased-cord marking" technique [7]) that has been likened to that found on the contemporary Ōbora-style ceramics (大洞式土器) of Tōhoku.

4. Hollow Dogū - Wikipedia

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   The Hollow Dogū (中空土偶, chūkū dogū) is a Japanese dogū or clay figurine of the Late Jōmon period (c. 1500–1300 BC). A chance find from what was to become the Chobonaino Site in Hakodate, Hokkaido, it is exhibited at the Hakodate Jōmon Culture Center.

5. 10 Vintage Salt and Pepper Shakers That Are ... - AOL

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   Listing price on eBay: $2,500 There were countless Japanese-made, cartoon-like ceramic figurines made during the 1950s, and some of the most valuable (and collectible) are vintage salt and pepper ...

6. Animal figurine - Wikipedia

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   Animal figurines are figurines that represent animals, either as decorative pieces, toys or collectibles. They are often made of plastic, ceramics, or metal. The earthenware Staffordshire figures of the 18th and 19th centuries were enormously popular, with Staffordshire dog figurines the most popular; these were typically made in pairs.

7. Japanese sculpture - Wikipedia

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   The Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan) which is an ancient history of Japan compiled in 720, states that haniwa was ordered at the time of an empress's death by the emperor who regretted the custom of servants and maids of the deceased following their master in death, and ordered that clay figures be molded and placed around the kofun burial ...