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Description
25" (64 cm.) Hyperrealistically-rendered head and hands carved of wood and covered in a pigmented gofun, inset glass eyes, painted details with real hair arranged in an elaborate coif with bekko (shell) hair pins, clad in an elegant brown silk outer kimono open at neck revealing figured silk brocade inner kimono, and with narrow sleeve openings revealing inner white figured silk and red silk lining, with densely embroidered designs of crashing waves at the hem, silk brocade obi tie belt with fan tucked in at waist, hand mirror accessory, white tabi socks, and mounted on a wooden base. Minor fraying to inner kimono, over painting and restoration to hands and face. Meiji Era, circa 1900. Iki-ningyo were popular souvenir items for wealthy Europeans on the extended Asian grand tour and were sold at the treaty ports through shops such as Deakin Bros and Kuhn & Komar in Yokohama.