#219

Miniature Carved Wooden Doll Depicting a Seated Elderly Man, Early 1900s
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Description
4" (10 cm.) Posed seated with right arm resting on bent right knee, having carved wooden head with tinted gofun finish, glass eyes, painted facial features on wizened age, white silk fiber beard and brows, wooden hands and feet, wearing simple cotton and silk crepe costume with variety of fabric patterns, and holding mallet in his right hand as though about to pound at the tree trunk block which is at his front, posed on wooden base. Excellent condition. Taisho era, early 1900s.