{"product_id":"six-miniature-japanese-clay-shunga-dolls-concealed-painted-undersides","title":"Six Miniature Japanese Clay Shunga Dolls with Concealed Painted Undersides","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eSix painted clay folk dolls of courtesans, a gallant and sleepers under bright quilts, each keeping a small painted scene of lovers on its underside.\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\u003eTsuchi ningyo, the fired and painted clay dolls of Japan's provincial potters, were sold at shrine fairs and roadside stalls as charms and keepsakes. Beside the lucky gods and zodiac animals there ran a quieter line made for adult amusement: figures that look entirely proper until they are turned over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis set of six plays the game with real charm. Three seated figures, two courtesans with dressed hair and a man with a topknot, stand above three sleepers tucked under quilts striped in blue and white, scattered with camellias, or patterned with maple and dappled shibori. Beneath each one a small, frank scene of lovers is painted in the same lively hand, in the spirit of warai-e, the laughing pictures of the Edo print world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe colours remain bright: vermilion, cobalt, orange, purple and leaf green over a white ground. No maker is recorded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSubject:\u003c\/strong\u003e Courtesans, a gallant and sleepers, with concealed scenes beneath\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eType:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tsuchi ningyo, painted clay folk dolls\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fired clay, hand-painted\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePieces:\u003c\/strong\u003e Six\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e Miniature; exact sizes being confirmed against our archive records\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\u003eMade in:\u003c\/strong\u003e Japan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor exact measurements of each figure, please write to the Desk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLight dirt and small marks consistent with age.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMinor rubbing to the paint at raised edges; colours bright overall.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery photograph is part of the description.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition grade \u003cstrong\u003eB (very 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 set of six painted clay folk dolls by an unrecorded maker; no date or workshop is certified. Dust with a soft, dry brush and never wash painted clay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDelivery from Japan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach figure is wrapped separately in tissue and nested in a padded box, then shipped 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. Further pieces of the kind are kept in \u003ca href=\"\/de\/collections\/shunga-hidden-arts\"\u003eShunga and Hidden Arts\u003c\/a\u003e and among our \u003ca href=\"\/de\/collections\/japanese-dolls-ningyo\"\u003eJapanese dolls\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"jp-cta\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-cta-eyebrow\"\u003eConcierge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCollecting folk clay or hidden-scene figures? 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