A large porcelain figure of a Kabuki actor

Description:

Japan, Arita, ca. 1700
H. 46,5 cm
Modelled standing in an alert pose with a quizzical expression, dressed in voluminous, multi-layered robes decorated in the Imari palette of iron-red, underglaze blue, pale purple and watery turquoise, with gilt highlights. A broad obi sash is tied around his waist, with his shoes just visible beneath the hem of his flowing robes.
From a German private collection - Re-stuck and restored, the head broken off and reattached