$1,100
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Description
10" (25 cm.) Each has bisque socket head,dark
glass eyes,painted lashes and brows,closed
mouth,five-piece paper mache body. Condition:
generally excellent. Marks: 13/0. Comments:
German,circa 1890,probably for the French market.
Value Points: wonderfully-preserved pair,wearing
their original elaborate costumes,the girl in rose
silk kimono with double bands of embroidery at the
edges,over silk trousers and slippers,and with
gilt metal ornament on her tasseled
head-dress,tassel ties,and carrying a basket of
silk flowers in an embroidered silk basket; the
boy in a simple ivory and blue silk costume over
brown silk trousers,and with stacked heels,black
cap over a very long queue.