Delicate Antique Carved Wooden Japanese Doll with Silk and Paper Kimona bear drawing "invention" written under the more

"invention" written under the more advanced paper weavings

The stopper is tightly stuck and I haven't tried to force it--but there is a bit of cork floating around inside

875 in a vernacular photography auction at Swann- here

litho on die-cut cardboard (printed on both sides) and mounted on wooden bases

Delicate Antique Carved Wooden Japanese Doll with Silk and Paper Kimona bear drawing "invention" written under the moreI 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