Plaque in the Shape of a Human Face
Unknown Artist
Medium
Earthenware with traces of red pigment
Dimensions
Diam. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); Th. 7/8 in. (2.2 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
Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Shapiro, Mrs. Jackson Burke, Mrs. Hart Fessenden, Mrs. Mitchell Brock, Mrs. Junko Imanishi and Barbara S. Robbins Gifts, 1980
Accession Number
1980.302
Tags
Faces