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Description
12" (30 cm.) Each has carved wooden head with well-defined facial features,natural finish with
lightly tinted eyes,brows and lips,muslin body with wooden hands. Condition: generally
excellent. Comments: Shanghai Door of Hope mission dolls,one representing a Cantonese Amah
with black sculpted hair in chignon with simple hair stick and wearing original short white cotton
tunic with rich edging over two additional tunics,short blue pants,black hat and slippers; and
Table Boy with side-parted painted black hair,wearing original (faded) blue robe over under robe
and fitted pants,black lined vest,black slippers. Value Points: excellent detail of facial
carving,fine original costume. The dolls were acquired by the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1937.