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18" (46 cm.) Very refined portrait of lady with slender face and elongated slender neck, gofun finish, glass eyes, black silk fiber hair in upswept coiffure which is nearly covered by an elaborate and richly-draped white coiffe with ornamental tinsel, bows and foil ornaments, wooden hands. She is wearing an extraordinary white silk brocade bridal gown with extended train, white layered inner collars, and has a red brocade pouch with silver coin trim, and fan, presented on original wooden base. Excellent condition. Showa era, mid-1900s. The doll is shown in Japanese Dolls, The Fascinating World of Ningyo, by Alan Scott Pate, page 140.