#256

Petite Chinese Wooden Child from Door of Hope Mission
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$900
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7" (18 cm.) Carved wooden head with defined and tinted facial features, tinted medallion of hair at bald crown, cloth body, wooden hands. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Chinese Door of Hope Mission, circa 1910. Value Points: uniquely tinted rosy cheeks complemented by layered original costume features pink tunic under cotton plaid apron with wide pocket, patterned cotton trousers, animal-face slippers, pink collar and cap with embroidered details and pom-poms.