Paper Mache Ichimatsu in Rare Size with Fine Silk Crepe Costume, Late 1800s

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9" (23 cm.) Paper mache swivel head with tinted gofun finish, glass eyes, painted features, wonderful smiling epression with tongue and teeth, impressed chin and cheek dimples, shadowed forehead and bald spot on crown, black silk fiber hair, larger ears, paper mache and wooden lower arms and legs with jointed ankles and wrists, and wearing original red silk crepe (chirimen) kimono having vibrant designs, red silk crepe padded lining, and fawn-spot crepe collar. Generally excellent. Meiji era, late 1800s.