Woman Holding Plum Blossoms

A standing female figure in white-slipped earthenware, with traces of red pigment on her robes, wears her hair in a bun with two knobs. She raises a small sprig of blossoms near her chest, her left arm extended downward with an open hand. Layered robes gather at a sash above a rectangular base.

Look closer: Faint red pigment survives on the robe folds and sleeve, a trace of the original painted color.

Artist

Unknown

Date

mid-700s

Medium

earthenware covered in white slip with traces of pigment

Source

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Size

2373 × 3400 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund