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This ceramic doll figure has a glass case, but I took it out to take the photograph. It was given to me by my uncle after I was born (so, it's over 35 years old).

There's a little stick at the bottom of it that fits into a hole in the platform so that it stands upright despite being mostly top-heavy.

The details were carefully hand-painted on. The doll shows a young Japanese girl holding a lantern looking questioningly upward.

Click here to see a detail

vkm — Last modified Mar 30 2011 8:01 p.m.


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