Miniature Figure Depicting The Old Man from The Tale of The Tongue Cut Sparrow

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6" (15 cm.) Carved wooden head with dowel neck attachment, tinted gofun finish, painted features with incised age lines, applied white silk fiber brows and hair, wooden hands and feet with painted white shoes, wearing an unusual costume comprising green silk kimono tucked into brocade trousers that are fitted below the knees, sleeveless brocade kimono, fitted green cap, and carrying a lacquered "woven" basket at this back, posed on original wooden base. Excellent condition, wonderful depiction of peddler in daily life. Early 1900s.