Beauty wearing a coat adorned with crests and peonies

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This relatively large figure of a standing beauty is an example of Arita porcelain production, in particular from workshops in the Hizen principality, which was situated in the territory of today’s Saga and Nagasaki prefectures in western Kyūshū.

date:	1720–1740
measurements:	height 55,7 cm width 26,5 cm depth 20 cm
material:	Porcelain
technique:	Painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red and black enamels and gold
inscription:	unsigned
inventory number:	Vu 2835
gallery collection:	Collection of Asian and African Art

Beauty wearing a coat adorned with crests and peonies

Anonymous artist

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