Diminutive Carved Wooden Gosho with Eboshi Cap, Late 1800s

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4" (10 cm.) (with hat). Posed kneeling, of carved wood with large rounded head and very plump oversized arms and legs, hands posed as though resting on legs, gofun finish with fine sheen, painted facial features, deeply set sockets, slightly smiling expression, feathering details around the slit-inset sidelocks, and with haragake bib with silk fabric edging and a black paper mache eboshi cap with textured detail and original cords. Generally excellent. Meiji era, late 1800s.