Beauty dressed in a coat decorated with thistle motifs

Anonymous artist

Anonymous artist - Beauty dressed in a coat decorated with thistle motifs
This figure of a beauty from Arita with a comb in her hair wears the outer uchikake kimono adorned with a thistle and cloud motif, while the undergarment bears chrysanthemum blossom and leaf motifs. The obi sash is decorated with an endless swastika motif. The biscuit bottom is unglazed. (See Filip Suchomel – Marcela Suchomelová, Mistrovská díla japonského porcelánu, Praha 1997, p. 96.)
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measurements: height 36 cm
depth 14 cm
material: Porcelain
technique: Painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red, green, black, purple enamel and gold
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inventory number: Vu 4201
gallery collection: Collection of Asian and African Art