#57

Chinese Wooden Door of Hope Priest with Original Paper Label
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$950
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Description
12" (30 cm.) Carved wooden head with polished natural finish,tinted eyes and brows,bald pate with defined holes at pate,firmly stuffed muslin torso,wooden hands. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Shanghai Door of Hope mission doll,circa 1920,wearing his original costume comprising long cotton robe over blue and white under jackets,blue pants with fitted ankles,cotton slippers,black silk hat. Value Points: a rarer model,the doll has his original paper label Priest" inside jacket,and was acquired by the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1922.