{"product_id":"hakata-style-clay-courtesan-doll-concealed-shunga-underside-peony-kimono","title":"Japanese Ceramic Hakata-Style Ningyo Doll, Courtesan Art Statue in a Peony Kimono with Concealed Shunga Underside","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eA seated courtesan in a peony-strewn kimono, modelled in painted clay in the Hakata manner, who keeps a private scene of lovers beneath her robes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-note\"\u003eThis piece belongs to the private room of the house and is shown to adults only.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeen from the front she is a picture of composure: a courtesan of the pleasure quarters, seated with her robes spread in a wide fan, her hair dressed high with pink ornaments and her hands resting on a folded letter. The outer kimono is a coral ground scattered with white and crimson peonies; beneath it lie a pale celadon robe with roundels of irises, bellflowers and pinks, and a vermilion under-robe drawn with a hemp-leaf lattice. The face is finely painted, with a calm gaze and a touch of red at the lips.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTurn the figure over and the base becomes a second picture. Moulded in relief within a purple and lilac border lies an intimate scene of lovers on a quilt, the man in a green robe dotted with white. Dolls of this kind, made to stand composed in company and to be turned over in private, belong to the long Japanese taste for warai-e, the laughing pictures, in which wit and concealment count for as much as the subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo maker's stamp, label or certificate accompanies the doll, and its plain wooden box is uninscribed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSubject:\u003c\/strong\u003e Seated courtesan, with a concealed scene of lovers on the underside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fired clay, hand-painted\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStyle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hakata-style display doll (ningyo)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e About 21 cm (8.3 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDepth:\u003c\/strong\u003e About 13 cm (5.1 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e About 11 cm (4.3 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaker:\u003c\/strong\u003e Not recorded\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Undated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBox:\u003c\/strong\u003e Plain wooden box, uninscribed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMade in:\u003c\/strong\u003e Japan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeasured against a rule in photographs; please allow a gentle margin of about 1 cm (0.4 in).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScattered marks, surface dust and light dirt; the doll has not been cleaned.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLight rubbing to the paint at raised edges of the robes and hair.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe small white panels on two photographs of the underside were added for discretion and are not on the doll.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery photograph is part of the description.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition grade \u003cstrong\u003eC (good)\u003c\/strong\u003e on the Japanese scale; see \u003ca href=\"\/de\/blogs\/news\/japanese-condition-ranks-explained\"\u003eJapanese condition ranks, explained\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthenticity \u0026amp; Care\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOffered as a Hakata-style painted clay doll by an unrecorded maker; the link to the Hakata tradition rests on style alone and is not certified. Dust with a soft, dry brush and never wash painted clay. Lift from the base rather than the head or hair ornaments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDelivery from Japan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe doll travels in its wooden box, wrapped in tissue and cushioned within a rigid carton, insured and tracked by EMS or an equivalent express service. Import duties and taxes, where applicable, are payable on arrival. Every sale is final; please ask anything you wish to know before you buy, and see our \u003ca href=\"\/de\/policies\/refund-policy\"\u003epublished policy\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"jp-closing\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsidered offers are welcome through Send an Offer, and each one is reviewed personally. 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