A KAKIEMON MODEL OF A BIJIN

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

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A KAKIEMON MODEL OF A BIJIN
LATE 17TH CENTURY
Decorated in iron red, blue, green, yellow and black enamels, her kimono with a design of maples, her undergarment with key-fret pattern, snowflakes and maple leaves, (chips to sleeve)
38.5cm. high

Lot Essay

Two similar bijin of this size were sold in these Rooms (lots 11 and 39, 5th of June 1990)
Other examples are illustrated:
Imaizumi, Motosuke, Genshoku nihon no Meito Ko-Imari to Kakiemon, pl. 68
Jenyns, Soame, Japanese Porcelain, pl. 63B
Seizo, Hayashiya, Nihon no Toji, ix, pls. 30,31,161-166

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