#13

Young Boy from Chinese Wooden Door of Hope Mission
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$1,100
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9" (23 cm.) Carved wooden head with sculpted definition of tiny eye sockets,broad rounded nose and lips,tinted eyes,brows and lips,painted black pate with drilled hole for queue which is now attached to his cap,cloth body,wooden hands. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Chinese Door of Hope mission,circa 1920. Value Points: especially fine luxury costume of patterned silk tunic over cotton tunic and blue silk pants,slippers with upturned toes,silk cap with pom-poms.