The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 25, 2022

Standing Figure of a Beauty

色絵婦人立像

c. 1690

Japan, Edo period

(1615-1868)

Porcelain with overglaze color enamels (Hizen ware, Kakiemon type)

Overall: 38 cm (14 15/16 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1964.366

Location

235A Japanese

Fun Fact

Look closely! One of this fashionable woman's feet is peeking out from under her layered kimono.

Description

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.

Citations
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 285 archive.org
Cleveland Museum of Art, “Golden Anniversary Acquisition,” 1966, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
Stechow, Wolfgang. "Cleveland's Golden Anniversary Acquisitions." Artnews 65, no. 5 (September 1966): 30-64.
Published as: An Ukiyo-e Beauty
 Reproduced: p. 34; Mentioned: p. 63
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 285 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 387 archive.org
Exhibition history

Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113); February 20 - May 6, 2003.

Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113); March 18 - November 17, 2004.

Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 236); April 19, 2013 - December 24, 2013

Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 10-October 16, 1966).

200 Years of Japanese Porcelain. Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO (organizer) (October 9-November 15, 1970); The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO (December 3-27, 1970).

Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 2-July 9, 2018).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1964.366