12 CLAY DOLLS SURVIVED FROM GREAT FIRE (Dealer: Jinta) – Taisho period (1912-1926), Japan. I heard those are the private collection of a Japanese painter, Kinji Koshiba (1889-1961 / ref. https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Kinji-Koshiba/60E5B64CC0D8CE63) salvaged from his burned-down residence (Kanda, Tokyo) by Great Kanto earthquake of 1923. Some repairs with bond as is.

Figure: approx. 7 x 6 x 1cm (2.75 x 2.36 x 0.39in)
Small stuff: approx. H 4cm (1.57in)
Large stuff: approx. H 9cm (3.54in)

 

 

Sold, Thank you.
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