Rare Family of Five Wooden Chinese Dolls from Door of Hope Mission

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8" (20 cm.) -11". Each has carved wooden head and hair,cloth body,four with wooden hands,and each is wearing its original costume. Condition: generally excellent,slight fading of costume. Comments: Chinese Door of Hope Mission dolls,1920s. Value Points: the artfully-carved family includes rare woman with carved chignon and forehead stippling and painted design,tiny feet with silk slippers; darker complexion child with carved queue and simple white homespun cotton suit; young man with solemn expression,black side-parted hair (some fraility to black silk jacket); young man with slight smile,side-parted hair,blue cotton costume with black vest; woman with very angular face,carved chignon,wearing blue and white cotton suit.