Antique, with cylindrical legs, applied details, rear aperture, and slit mouth similar to those found on excavated tomb figures dating to the Kofun Period (3rd-7th century A.D.), glazed with accumulated surface and extensive remnants of red paint and varnish.

22.5 x 17 x 9 in.

From the Gills-Peple Collection, Richmond, Virginia.

Chip to open mouth; break and loss to upwardly extended tail; glaze chip to proper right side application to the body.