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Kimekomi Ningyo with Signed Wooden Box browse these categories for related items... All Items: Vintage Arts:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Dolls: Pre 1940: item # 401472 Please refer to our stock # 4-248 when inquiring.
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| This simply enchanting little Japanese doll in kimekomi style stands on a black lacquer base alongside his black and white puppy. Early Showa period, 1930-1940. The child is holding a black and gold lacquer fan and a strung paper kite. He is dressed in a blue silk kimono which has been dyed and painted to scale. Face and hands are covered with gofun (crushed oyster shell), and the hair is finished in black lacquer. The doll comes in its original wooden tomobako storage box, which is signed on the outside and has a printed label on the inside. The term kimekomi is applied to the special dressing technique used with wooden and sawdust (pulverized paulownia wood) mold-pressed figures – “to push textiles into wood to form a pattern” would be a rough translation. This method was first used with the clothes of wooden Kamo dolls. Condition of this kimekomi doll is excellent, with only a bit of crazing above his right ear. There are a few small tears in the fragile paper kite, and a small piece of wood is missing on the top of the door of the box. Dimensions: Doll is 4” high, including the 3 ½” x 2 ¾” black lacquer base; wood box is 4 1/8” x 3 ¼” x 4 ½” high. | |||||||||||||
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