Young Woman

Kangxi period, 1662/1722

Chinese Qing Dynasty

Associated Names
Chinese Qing Dynasty

Artist

The sculpture depicts a standing woman in a green robe with floral decorations in red, yellow, and blue. Below the green robe, a similarly patterned yellow garment peaks out by her feet and wrists. One of her hands is visible, raised near her chest. Her face is turned slightly towards the right, and her expression is calm, with high eyebrows and a slightly upturned mouth. Her glossy black hair is styled above her head in a flat bun with a band of beads around it. The sculpture has a smooth, glossy finish.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    porcelain with famille verte enamels on the biscuit

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (height): 23.8 cm (9 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.593

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Frank Partridge and Sons, London); sold 1912 to Peter A. B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 23.

1998

  • Bower, Virginia, Josephine Hadley Knapp, Stephen Little, and Robert Wilson Torchia. Decorative Arts, Part II: Far Eastern Ceramics and Paintings; Persian and Indian Rugs and Carpets. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 199-200, color repro.

Wikidata ID

Q62285956

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