Three Chinese Wooden Door of Hope Dolls Depicting Cantonese Amah and Children

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11" (28 cm.) Amah. Each has carved wooden head and hair with carved facial features highlighted by tinted brows,eyes,and lips,the woman and 6" baby with all muslin bodies,the 6" boy with wooden hands. Condition: generally excellent,some costume fading,baby missing part of costume. Comments: Door of Hope mission dolls,Shanghai,early models circa 1915,depicted are Cantonese Amah with traditional blue cotton costume,painted black hair with straight cut bangs and undecorated comb in hair bun; the boy in rose silk has unusual slit at side of painted hair and painted pink dot at back of hair,and the baby has bald pate except small painted hair circle at the forehead. Value Points: rare early period models with all-muslin bodies and superb perfection of young boy with wooden hands and rose silk four-layered costume.