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Figure of a Standing Beauty

ca. 1670–90
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 223
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 woman’s outfit consists of several layers of kosode (the predecessor to the kimono), a thin obi or sash, and a richly decorated over robe inspired by contemporaneous paintings of beauties.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 色絵立姿美人像
  • Title: Figure of a Standing Beauty
  • Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
  • Date: ca. 1670–90
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Porcelain with polychrome enamels over transparent glaze (Hizen ware, Kakiemon type)
  • Dimensions: H. 15 5/8 in. (39.7 cm); W. 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm); D. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics
  • 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
  • Object Number: 1975.268.528
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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