Art Institute of Chicago
Smiling Figurine
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- Date
- c. 1000–300 B.C.
- Medium
- Earthenware
- Culture
- Japan
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 200701
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
Figurines from the Jomon period (about 14,000-300 BCE) have been found in greater numbers than figural representations from Neolithic China or Korea (about 10,000-1500 BCE). Though roughly executed, this figurine exudes human expression. Scholars have found a large number of these figurines, suggesting that they played an important role in Japan’sritual life at the time–something we don’t know much about.
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- Credit line
- Purchased with Funds Provided by the Weston Foundation; President's Exhibition and Acquisition Fund
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- Object type
- AAT300301253
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