The work features contemporary photographic details, abstract in nature, pervaded by the image of a Japanese woman of the Meiji era (1868–1912); illustrated with India ink glazes, the female figure appears intent on playing a yueqin, a traditional short-handled lute.
In the composition, you can feel the power of material and colour; at the same time, however, you are gripped by a feeling of introspection that suggests the suspension of time and favours a vision of “melancholic beauty”.
