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Description
10" (25 cm.) Carved wooden head and torso with gosho-shaped large round head, gofun finish, painted features, deeply-set eye sockets, painted brows, child's style hair with sumi-ink-painted forelock and sidelocks, impressed philtrum and chin line, black velvet circle patch at the crown, silk crepe (chirimen) upper arms, carved wooden legs, feet and hands with flat-cut edging at joints and concave cut-out at back thighs to allow high degree of articulation, feet sculpted to allow the doll to stand freely by itself, well-defined fingers and toes. Wearing black silk crepe "growth" kimono with paulownia crest, double padded hem, and beni-red silk lining, along with an inner red silk kimono and a green silk brocade obi with paulownia design and an attached talisman bag (mamori-bako) of luxury red velvet with raised chrysantheum design. Excellent condition, some frailty to back of kimono. Late Edo period, circa 1850. Rare jointed gosho doll with wonderfully sculpted and painted face. Details of body construction, and fine original luxury costume whose paulownia and chrysantheum designs indicate a doll for the noble family.