#211

Standing Carved Wooden Court Figure, Early 1900s
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$500
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13" (33 cm.) Carved wooden head, gofun finish, glass eyes, painted features including "sky-brows", black silk fiber hair drawn away from face and captured in hip-length arrangement at the back, black painted pate, closed mouth with slight smile, wooden hands, wearing teal blue silk brocade short kimono over under-kimono, five-layered collars, red silk crepe extended-length trousers, gold textured cap and holding a hand-painted fan, posed on original stand. Generally excellent except hair is sparse. Meiji era, early 1900s.