KI-020
Japanese vintage kimekomi doll of Lady in golden high hat,
1960's
Lovely Japanese vintage doll represents young lady dressed
in rich kimono and a courtier's gold hat ('eboshi').
She carries a pair of pails, painted with waves, on a yoke
across her back. She performs a traditional dance of
Shiokumi who carries seawater for the purpose of making
salt and she dances to the memory of her poet lover and
expresses her longing for him
The doll made in kimekomi technique. 'Kimekomi'
means "tuck in" in Japanese. The doll body is made of compacted
paulownia sawdust mixed with glue. Clothes made of silk
brocade with traditional Japanese design, and are glued
and tucked into grooves of a doll body. Doll's face covered
in a highly burnished gofun (crashed oyster shell) and hand-painted
artistically and the wig is made of artificial hair.
Black lacquered wooden stand come with.
This lovely doll crafted about 1960's.
Dimensions: 41cm/16,4” high
Condition: excellent
SOLD, THANK YOU!
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