Edo period (1615-1868), 17th century Of joined-block construction, the standing figure shown cradling an infant and holding in her right hand the remains of a branch of pomegranate (now lost), her flowing Chinese-style court robes painted in polychrome pigments and gesso with flowering vines and chevrons, the face and hands covered in burnished gofun, the eyes inlaid in glass, set on an associated multi-tier lotus pedestal 31 3/4in (80.6cm) high (figure only); 46 3/8in (117.8cm) high overall