Meiji Taisho Hina Ningyo Gofun Life-like Doll Japan Silk Kimono Girl NR yqz

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Welcome to Estate Auctions Inc!We are one of the Leading Sellers of Antiques, Collectibles and Quirky items on eBay. We have been selling since 1998 and ALL of our auctions start at .99 cents. We are proud to announce that we maintain a 'FIVE STAR Detailed Seller Rating' and our staff strives for 100% customer satisfaction, our 100% feedback rating will vouch for that. We work with consigners from Coast-To-Coast and work hard to make sure we have top quality items.We are 'Your Quality Zone' - search 'YQZ' to see our other listingsSee Other Listings Meiji Taisho Hina Ningyo Gofun Life-like Doll Japan Silk Kimono Girl NRLate 1800's Early 1900's ~ Realistic Doll!Description composed by world renowned Asian expert & appraiser, Mr. Anthony Lee. His bio is below.Japan, late 1800's early 1900's. Meiji Taisho Hina Ningyo Gofun Life-like Doll Japan Silk Kimono Realistic Girl. A large gofun doll with gofun hands legs and head with real hair, quiet puzzled look to the face and a high mage hairdo with ribbon, bangs framing the face. Loose fitting yellow flowered silk kimono lined in cream and a cream hanten vest of chirimen silk with gold dots over the ensemble. Age cracks to the go fun particularly hands, areas of discolouration, lip colour faded, cracks along seams. It measures approx. 13-3/4" tall by 6" by 3-3/4". Be sure to scroll through our many photos to capture all the details! For those not familiar with Anthony Lee here is his bio: Anthony M. Lee is an institutional, market and collection consultant specializing in the arts of China, Japan, Korea, Himalayan Kingdoms, South and Southeast Asia. Starting...keep scrolling there are 29 pictures and more description beneath the photos below!as a salesperson at age 14 in Chinese antiques in a family business, he went on to university studies in Asian arts, as well as receiving his licenses in tea ceremony, with further studies of ceramics and religious art over eight years in Japan. For several years he was an associate dealer with Sotheby's online site and consultant with various auction houses and museums. Anthony has acted as consultant to over 20 museums, government agencies and trusts including the largest museums in Canada and the US, as well as major collectors, dealers, insurance and transportation companies worldwide. He is considered by many to be one of the foremost experts in the world in Asian Art & Artifacts. Anthony Lee started a website ages ago called Asianart. It is a place to post photos of your items and have experts identify them for you. (You can still post things there and folks will help you.) He no longer moderates it and identifies things for us here on eBay as an old friend.The eBay Calculator is not always right - if the shipping looks too high email us and we will give you an accurate quote prior to the auction ending.Estimated shipping weight, (packaged) is 3 lbs 8 ozin a 18 x 10 x 8 boxFacts about Estate Auctions Inc(Norb & Marie Novocin)This is our 18th year on eBay!over 40,000 sales on eBayEstate Auctions, Inc.We have over 30,000 positive feedback ratings (20,000+ unique)100% Positive feedback and we maintain a great ratingover 10,000 repeat buyersYou can Please note: We put up a very ecclectic collection of items and are not experts in every area, so descriptions are our best guess as to what something is. While we try to research each item to the best of our ability, it is the buyer's responsibility to know what they are buying.Check back everyday to see our latest offerings! We put YQZ in each of our titles.We are Trading Assistants - We call sell items for you!Terms Of ServiceeBay is all we do for a living, husband and wife (Norb & Marie) working together, while we home school our kids on our farmette in Rural Delmarva. We have worked very hard to build our little business and it is very import... read more

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