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A pair of Imari porcelain figures of ladies

Posted by A&J Speelman

13 May, 2020

A pair of Imari porcelain figures of ladies

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### **A pair of Imari porcelain figures of ladies**


**1700-1720, Japan**

**Height: 46 cm, 18.1 inches**

The ladies are standing wearing kimonos that are strikingly decorated with a design of the three friends in under glaze blue, iron red, salmon pink and gilding, the hair is tied up into a bunch at the back of the head and held in place with a large fan shaped hair pin. The modelling and decoration of this pair is of the highest quality.

**Similar Examples**

A similar example is illustrated in _Fine and Curious Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections_, by Christian J.A. Jorg, plate 353, page 281.

Another example is illustrated by Suchomel, 1997, Cat. 97.

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