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12" (30 cm.) Carved wooden head with gofun finish depicting a handsome young man with painted features, modeled open mouth with teeth, black silk fiber hair in topknot over a detachable long red silk fiber wig, carved wooden arms and legs and wearing a red silk brocade costume with purple and ivory brocade inner sleeves having gold accents, painted decorative stockings, red silk crepe sewn-on shoes with defined big toe, holding a fan and posed on original wooden base. Worn over his handsome "real" face is a detachable carved wooden theatrical mask having painted features and smiling expression. Generally excellent. Mid-1900s.