#168

Six Chinese Wooden Door of Hope Dolls in Original Costumes
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$8,500
sold
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Description
9" (23 cm.) -14". Each has carved wooden head with sculpted facial features enhanced by delicate tinting,sculpted and painted hair in various styles,muslin body,wooden hands. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Chinese Door of Hope mission,1920s. Value Points: a rare gathering of various models,with distinctively carved coiffures,one with rare looped curls at the crown and wearing original blue striped tunic and pants with white apron; others with their original multi-layered beautifully sewn costumes.