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Description
11" (28 cm.) All-felt doll with plump swivel head,amber-tinted complexion,high domed forehead with high comma-shaped brows,modeled closed eyes,long painted lashes,closed mouth with original hole in center for pip stem,stitched ears,black mohair wig drawn tightly up from face to form into into a long queue,ball-shaped plump stomach on short legs,jointed arms. Condition: good,typical rough-textured felt of the early Lenci dolls,moth damage at shoes and back neck. Comments: Lenci,circa 1921,the doll was identified in a 1922 Lenci advertisement as their "trademark" doll. Value Points: from the earliest period of the firm,the doll wears its original felt costume of yellow,green,black and orange colors,with Chinese-character felt applique designs,with stitched-on cap,and having original wooden opium pipe.