Two Wood Dolls (Gosho Ningyo)

EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

細節

Two Wood Dolls (Gosho Ningyo)
Edo period (19th century)
Both carved of wood as chubby infants applied with white gesso, the details of their faces highlighted in black and their mouths painted red; tufts of hair, now missing, to be attached to head of larger doll
11in. (27.9cm.) long; 15¼in. (38.8cm.) high (2)

展覽

Asia House Gallery, New York, "Mingei: Folk Arts of Old Japan," Spring 1965 (the smaller doll)

拍品專文

PUBLISHED:
Hugo Munsterberg, Mingei: Folk Arts of Japan, exh. cat. (New York: Asia Society, 1965), no. 73 (the smaller doll).