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Description
8 1/2" (22 cm.) Carved wooden head with fine gofun finish, painted facial features, open mouth, teeth, tongue, fine painted feathering of hair edging her forehead, black silk fiber hair in very elaborate upswept fashion and decorated with paper lacquer and metal hair ornaments peeking from her wide coral silk hair band coiffe, wooden hands and feet. She is wearing a blue silk kimono with painted flowers, red and white faux-inner kimonos, gold brocade obi, and sandals, and is carrying a wooden bowl and flowers, posed on original wooden base Excellent condition. Meiji era, circa 1880.