Ancient demon face

Ancient demon face

KASHIHARA, Japan - A woman holds a fragment of an ancient clay bowl depicting the face of a demon, during a press conference in Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, on Feb. 2, 2012. The municipal education board said the piece was excavated from a well buried in the early 12th century.

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