#286

Pair,Chinese Wooden Door of Hope Dolls Depicting An Elderly Couple
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$2,100
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Description
11" (28 cm.) Each has carved wooden head with well-defined facial features including age wrinkles and lines,tinted features,each with sparsely painted "thinning" hair,the woman with carved chignon,the man with added queue,cloth body,wooden hands. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Chinese Door of Hope Mission dolls,circa 1925. Value Points: rare models from the series with outstanding detail of facial carving,each wearing multi-layered original silk hand-sewn costume.