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Description
4" (10 cm.) All carved wood doll depicting a very plump kneeling boy with gofun finish overall, highly-characterized carved and painted features, shaded brows, deeply-set eye sockets, downcast lips, unusually long silk fiber sidelocks with interspersed gold threads, applied Zukin cap and bib (haragake) with raised maple leaf and stream designs, cloth ties for cap and bib at his back, carrying a black lacquer box which is actually carved into the crook of his right arm. Excellent condition. Edo period, mid-1800s, the doll is known as the Good Luck (Gofukunoinori) gosho, has rare long sidelocks and is wearing rare matching bib and cap.