色絵婦人立像|Figure of a Standing Beauty

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ca. 1670–90 · Porcelain with overglaze polychrome enamels (Arita ware, Kakiemon type) · Asian Art

This type of porcelain female figure was a popular collectible exported from Japan to Europe in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. It is in the Kakiemon style, in which vivid, overglaze enamels are applied to a milky white porcelain surface. The figure’s outfit consists of several layers of kosode (predecessor of the kimono), a thin obi, and a richly decorated uchikake (over robe).

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1670–90

Medium

Porcelain with overglaze polychrome enamels (Arita ware, Kakiemon type)

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975