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wouldn't have brought this given damage but for 3 dollars couldn't resist nicely painted in my opinion on a canvas sheet signature is hard to make out middle eastern maybe welcome thoughts chris

 

A Javanese girl, painted in Java, Indonesia. The ones I've seen were all painted on canvas. Bordering on kitsch, but I would have bought her for $3.
She is wearing the traditional kain-kebaya. The kebayas (shirts, often of sheer materials) became fitted (tight) around the mid-20th century.
This probably dates from the 1950s-60s. Market: domestic and tourist.

 

awesome thanks any not to worried about the 3 bucks

 

I just added something to the answer (can't remember what).

 

Definitely a tourist piece, made for the male market.

 

Not if it's from the Island of Lesbos....( lesvos)

 

These girls also grace Indonesian walls.
Many kebayas are made of sheer materials, and it is not unusual for the corset to create a heaving bosom in those better endowed. The Javanese may be Muslim, but many are Javanese first. I have seen many girls and women with a similar look.
This is a kebaya with a more 'decent' corset:

 

That's a really pretty dress. If I was skinny enough, fat chance, I'd have a go at it. As things are I'd be five pounds of flour in a four pound sack.

 

Google kebaya, you'll see the most beautiful creations. And you'll see that the kebaya has travelled outside the tradition of Java and Madura.
I have several kain-kebaya and sarung-kebaya sets, but mine are a bit more appropriate for my age, mostly with lace.

 

You would get me looking at those.... They're pretty, and some of them are made with a modest cut. Covers the wrinkles and rolls.