#488

Chinese Wooden Amah and Baby From Door of Hope Mission
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$850
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10" (25 cm.) Each has carved wooden head with carved and lightly tinted facial features, carved and painted hair (Amah with chignon, baby with defined medallion of hair at crown), firmly stuffed muslin body, wooden hands. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Chinese Door of Hope mission circa 1925. Value Points: rare models including the caregiver Amah, and child which she carries in a sling on her back, each with original costume, the baby with silk embroidered lined sling, embroidered silk collar and cap with fringed silk "ears".