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Description
8 1/2" (22 cm.) A dynamically-posed ningyo has carved wooden head with gofun finish, painted features and eyes, fierce expression, bald crown with shadowed coloring, black silk fiber hair with sidelocks and knot-tied topknot, head band, wooden hands and feet, and is wearing an unusual red silk crepe inner kimono with gold threading, black silk kimono tossed off the shoulders for ease of movement and with gold metallic threads and gold fringe, presented on wooden base. Generally excellent. Early 20th century.