Delicate Antique Carved Wooden Japanese Doll with Silk and Paper Kimona drawing of boy and for the fact that

and for the fact that it was most definitely carved after a photograph

Very good condition with a great warm patina

Photos show some glare/reflection

I have looked a bunch but not been able to find a match of this one out there anywhere--a very sweet old cast iron log cabin still bank in its original paint

just honestly made and really lovely

Delicate Antique Carved Wooden Japanese Doll with Silk and Paper Kimona drawing of boy and for the fact thatI 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