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Mexican Dia De Los Muertos Day of the Dead La Catrina Folk Art Figure Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A quite wonderful Mexican Day of the Dead (Dia De Los Muertos festival held throughout Mexico) La Catrina symbolic skeleton figure.
La Catrina is the festival’s most recognizable image/figure. She is the model of a high-society woman who has met Death, her maker. She represents something between the fear induced by her skeletal form and the revelry exhibited by the comical way she is typically portrayed, making her a perfect symbol of the Mexican holiday. She often appears in paintings, window displays, and costumes all around Mexico during the Day of the Dead festivities.
La Catrina was originally conceived in the early 1900s by newspaper illustrator and printmaker José Guadalupe Posada...
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20th Century Mexican Folk Art Textile Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Textile, Wood, Paper
Early 20th Century Folk Art Appliqué Collages Henry vii & Queen Elizabeth 1st
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A really fabulous pair of Folk Art collages by a Sophie Louise Munns (signed on the original backing paper).
Full length portraits in interior sett...
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Early 20th Century English Textile Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Textile, Paper
Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Puppet Marionette Doll, Early, 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work complete with a unique wood-carved and hand-painted face and original textile garment.
From a group of 7 Chinese opera puppets, we acquired from a collector. Each puppet shows clear signs of previous stage use.
Likely from the early 1900s.
Would make for a great addition to any Chinese artifacts...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Textile Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Textile, Wood, Paint
Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Puppet Marionette Doll, Early 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work complete with a unique wood-carved and hand painted face, a wonderfully fabulous hairdo, and an original textile garment.
From a group of 7 Chinese opera puppets, we acquired from a collector. Each puppet shows clear signs of previous stage use. Clearly original works.
Likely from the early 1900s.
Would make for a great addition to any Chinese artifacts...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Textile Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Textile, Wood, Paint
Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Puppet Marionette Doll with Dragon Robe Early 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work complete with a unique wood-carved and hand-painted face and original textile garment/ robe with a dragon symbol.
From a group of 7 Chinese opera puppets...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Textile Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Textile, Wood, Paint
Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Puppet Marionette Doll, Early 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work complete with a unique wood-carved and hand-painted face, long grey beard, and original textile garment.
From a group of 7 Chinese opera puppets...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Textile Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Textile, Wood, Paint
Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Puppet Marionette Doll, Early 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work complete with a unique wood-carved and hand-painted face and original textile garment.
From a group of 7 Chinese opera puppets, we acquired from a collector. Each puppet shows clear signs of previous stage use.
Likely from the early 1900s.
Would make for a great addition to any Chinese artifacts...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Textile Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Textile, Wood, Paint
Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Puppet Marionette Doll, Early 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work complete with a unique wood-carved and hand painted face and original textile garment.
From a group of 7 Chinese opera puppets...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Textile Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Textile, Wood, Paint
Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Puppet Marionette Doll, Early 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work complete with a unique wood-carved and hand-painted face and original textile garment.
From a group of 7 Chinese opera puppets...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Textile Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Textile, Wood, Paint
19th Century Sicilian Italian Marionette Folk Art Puppet 'Opera dei Pupi'
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A oversized late 19th century Marionette in original untouched condition, originating from Palmero Italy.
The figure is missing both arms, its original clothing is heavily fad...
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19th Century Italian Antique Textile Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Textile, Pine
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