Tiny Antique Japanese Carved Bone Articulated Doll drawing on rice paper and a beautifully shaped old

and a beautifully shaped old wooden palette (sadly with a couple of mended splits

and then one discovers that the vessel's interior is glazed a beautiful blue-green--such a lovely

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Tiny Antique Japanese Carved Bone Articulated Doll drawing on rice paper and a beautifully shaped oldThis little woman, carved of bone, fits easily in the palm of ones hand, and folds up to be even tinier. I find things like this just amazing, including the beautifully detailed carving of her hair and face, enhanced with black and red pigment. I have found a few antique Japanese dolls like this that were acrobats, suspended from an armature which they could be flipped over and around, but I believe this one was just made as a tiny doll just as is.