Watercolour of a woman with long black hair lying under a patterned quilt, watched by a seated figure; gold screen and blue lattice partition beside her.

Woman lying beneath a patterned quilt, Japanese watercolour

A woman with long black hair lies beneath a patterned pink and white quilt on a green-edged mat, while a seated figure in a pale robe and dark cap watches from the lower left. A gold folding screen, a blue lattice partition and a small red stand with a cup frame the scene in this watercolour on tan paper.

Artist: Unknown
Date: [between 1700 and 1799?]
Medium: Watercolors
Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 4000 × 2949 px

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Public domain · Licensed CC BY 4.0 (Wellcome Collection) by Wellcome Collection; credit required.
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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