Haniwa (Hollow Clay Sculpture) of a Boar with Bound Feet, 埴輪猪像, Kofun period (ca. 300–710), 5th century, Japan, Earthenware, H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); W. 2 in. (5.1 cm); L. 4 7/8 in. (12/4 cm), Sculpture, The practice of building sepulchral earthen mounds and burying treasures with the dead was transmitted to Japan from the Asian continent about the third century A.D., and led to a significant change in burial customs
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Haniwa, Hollow Clay Sculpture, Boar, Bound Feet, 埴輪猪像, Kofun period, ca, 300–710, 5th century, Japan, Earthenware, H, 3 3/4, 9.5 cm, W, 2, 5.1, L, 4 7/8, 12/4, Sculpture, practice, building sepulchral, earthen, mounds, burying treasures, dead, transmitted, Asian continent, third, D, led, significant change, burial customs
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