Woman in Kimono with Parasol, Antique Cyanotype, late 19th/early 20th c. Zimbabwe including I believe a ruled

including I believe a ruled one--but there is no mark anywhere on this that I can find

7 3/4" across at lip

has a porcelain clay body and a subtle

almost gold colored grass

Woman in Kimono with Parasol, Antique Cyanotype, late 19th/early 20th c. Zimbabwe including I believe a ruledPerhaps this lovely woman was preparing to sit for James Whistler, who perhaps more than any other American painter helped to advance the "Japonisme" craze in the U. S. in the late 19th century, following its popularity first in Paris after the reopening of trade of Japan in 1858. This wonderful cyanotype does invite filling in a backstory, as our subject looks not entirely ready or eager to have have her photograph taken, and one might guess that the