Collection Highlights
Baby walker
1700-1800
INV.14959
Pine
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Luce Center
Doll: old oriental woman
Title
Doll: old oriental woman
Object name
Doll
Date
1890-1920
Medium
Composition, textile, paint
Dimensions
Overall: 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. ( 21.6 x 11.4 x 6.4 cm )
Description
Doll with composition shoulder head, white molded hair gathered in bun, and painted facial features representing an elderly woman; stuffed cloth body with divided arm composed of stuffed cloth upper arm and composition lower arm and divided leg composed of stuffed cloth upper leg and composition lower leg; Chinese costume consisting of blue silk jacket with black bands edged in gold braid and purple silk trousers.
Object Number
INV.10913
Gallery Label
Christie's appraiser Olivia Bristol describes this doll as a "door-of-hope missionary doll" (Christie's Appraisals, Inc., Auction Estimates, January 7, 1998).
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
