Three Chinese Wooden Door of Hope Dolls in Original Costumes

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8" (20 cm.) 9, and 12". Each has carved wooden head and facial features with tinted complexion and features, cloth body, wooden hands; including young girl with unusual painting of hair including queue which is partially sculpted and partially real hair; boy with painted black pate under silk hat; and young gentleman with black pate and real queue. Condition: generally excellent, some minor fading and age marks on costumes. Comments: Chinese Door of Hope mission, circa 1920. Value Points: most endearing variety of expressions, the little girl with rare coiffure, each with detailed original costume.