$3,500
Sold
sold
Click image to enlarge
Description
20" (51 cm.) Posed standing, with carved wooden head, fine lustrous gofun finish, inset glass eyes, heavy eyelids, painted brows, painted feathering of hair around the forehead, gently-parted lips, teeth, slightly-smiling expression, black silk fiber hair in elaborate ornamented coiffure, wooden hands with finely-formed fingers, full-length wooden legs having well-shaped calves and defined knees. She is wearing a patterned purple silk outer kimono with classic bellflower designs and paulownia crest, a sophisticated silk brocade obi with distinctive design, supplemental embroidery and a superb obi-jime belt closure, pink under-kimono of figured silk, white kimono lining, silk tabi socks. floral rondeles, and is mounted on a silk covered base. Generally excellent. Meiji era, circa 1900. The exquisite lady with superb hair and costume, is especially notable for her fully-sculpted legs with deliberate slightly-bent knees designed to lend her an elegant posture.