Two Figures of Seated Courtesans
Unknown Artist
- Art Funded
- 1980
- Dimensions
- 26 cm
- Vendor
- Sir Harry and Lady Garner
Two seated female figures painted in Kakiemon-style overglaze enamel, typified by the use of bright enamel colours on a fine white porcelain body.
Such work set a standard in the early 18th century for European porcelain manufacture and influenced Meissen, Chelsea, Worcester and Bow. Kakiemon-style wares, especially figures of this kind, were the costliest and most sought after of all Japanese ceramics exported to Europe.