Delicate Antique Carved Wooden Japanese Doll with Silk and Paper Kimona celluloid penguin They range from 16 to

They range from 16 to 26 pages

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most apparent on his green gloves but happening all over

Overall good condition with one stain toward the bottom as evident and some surface wear along the right edge

But I am not quite sure what animal it is meant to represent exactly

Delicate Antique Carved Wooden Japanese Doll with Silk and Paper Kimona celluloid penguin They range from 16 toI spotted this in a case at Brimfield in July, and could not walk away from her such an exquisitely crafted Japanese doll, and an old one, c. 1900 or a bit earlier, with carved and painted wooden head and body, and real hair. I believe she would be called a "hina" doll (of which there are many types, standing and seated), which represented emperors and empresses and members of the court. The silk of her purple kimona is frayed, and much of the lower