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8" (20 cm.) Of carved wood covered in a fine white gofun with painted details, posed in crawling manner, sexed figure, open mouth, smiling expression and with a small hair patch at the crown, the Haihai Gosho-ningyo (crawling baby Palace Doll) is dressed in a purple chirimen silk crepe kimono with resist dye white patterning, over layers of white silk and red chirimen kimono, Fading to kimono, lift of gofun at left cheek. Edo Period, 19th century. An unusually proportioned doll with a bigger head, evoking the alternative name for gosho-ningyo: zudai-ningyo or big headed dolls.