Carved Wooden Lady of the Court with Rich Purple Robe in Rare Stance

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12" (30 cm.) Carved wooden socket head, inset glass eyes, heavy eyelids, aquiline nose, "sky-brows", open mouth, teeth, tongue, black silk fiber hair in upswept manner with elaborately looped curls, and tortoise shell hair ornaments, wooden hands with expressively-posed fingers, wooden lower legs posed in rare original "bow-legged" stance, wearing purple silk kimono with padded red silk lining and delicate embroidery, five-layered collar, white faux-inner kimono, socks, sandals. Excellent condition. Meiji, circa 1900.