cma-japanese-art: Haniwa in the Form of a Shield, c. 500, Cleveland Museum of Art: Japanese ArtHaniw
cma-japanese-art: Haniwa in the Form of a Shield, c. 500, Cleveland Museum of Art: Japanese ArtHaniwa (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.Size: Overall: 120 x 48.7 x 18 cm (47 ¼ x 19 3/16 x 7 1/16 in.)Medium: Earthenware with applied, cut, and incised designs and red sliphttps://clevelandart.org/art/1999.170 -- source link