Petite Carved Wooden Fashionable Lady (Bijin) with Double-Jointed Legs, Circa 1900

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9" (23 cm.) Carved wooden socket head with gofun finish having fine lustre sheen, narrow glass eyes, painted lashes, slightly-open mouth, teeth, painted feathering of hair around forehead edge, black silk fiber hair in very elaborate upswept coiffure with hair ornaments, silk crepe upper arms, wooden torso, lower arms, and legs, jointing at hips and knees, concave cut-out at back of legs allowing for greater flexibility, wearing yuzen-dyed silk crepe kimono with wonderful patterns and red silk lining, white silk inner kimono, blue silk obi with floral designs. Generally excellent. Meiji era, circa 1900.