Vintage Small Japanese hand-painted Wooden Kokeshi doll


Vintage Small Japanese hand-painted Wooden Kokeshi doll

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Vintage Small Japanese hand-painted Wooden Kokeshi doll:
$34.99


Purchased in Japan in the mid-late 1940s (I\'m pretty sure).
Traditional doll with a cylinder-shaped body and enlarged head, hand-turned from a trunk on a lathe. Simple painted face with a red and violet floral kimono, and hair bun. Back is painted with black and decorated dark red to represent the traditional obi-bustle and tare.Kokeshi dolls were originally made as a toy for children of country farmers in Japan. The dolls are traditionally painted in bright floral kimono attires and are now one of the traditional folk arts in Japan.Very well hand-painted. Measures 3-3/4\" tall and approx. 1-1/4\" in diameter. Head moves as it is on a wooden pin for a neck. Small chip in varnish at lower back of head where there seems to be a knot in the wood.Paypal only. No returns. Thanks for looking.

Vintage Small Japanese hand-painted Wooden Kokeshi doll:
$34.99

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