Standing Figure of a Beauty
c. 1690
Maker Unknown
Japanese Art
Standing Figure of a Beauty, c. 1690. Japan, Edo period (1615-1868). Porcelain with overglaze color enamels (Hizen ware, Kakiemon type); overall: 38 cm (14 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1964.366 Figures like this were a prevalent type of Kakiemon ware and may have derived from dolls formed in the likeness of courtesans dressed in elaborate brocades. Look closely! One of this fashionable woman's feet is peeking out from under her layered kimono.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- Porcelain with overglaze color enamels (Hizen ware, Kakiemon type)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 38 cm (14 15/16 in.)
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1964.366
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions, 200 Years of Japanese Porcelain, Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation, <em>Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 20-May 6, 2003)., <em>Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-November 17, 2004)., <em>Japanese Art Rotation (Gallery 236)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 19-December 24, 2013).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 235A Japanese
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