chinese - Anything In Particular https://anythinginparticular.co.uk/product-tag/chinese/ From antique to vintage, from decorative to downright bizarre. Sat, 04 Dec 2021 21:12:10 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.10 Vintage Chinese Single Bar Exercise Wind-up Gymnast Acrobat Toy MS014 https://anythinginparticular.co.uk/product/vintage-chinese-single-bar-exercise-wind-up-gymnast-acrobat-toy-ms014/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vintage-chinese-single-bar-exercise-wind-up-gymnast-acrobat-toy-ms014 Sat, 04 Dec 2021 21:06:11 +0000 https://anythinginparticular.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=49904 A very entertaining and cleverly engineered vintage toy which, when correctly set up and wound up, rather dramatically and energetically emulates a gymnast on the bar apparatus. The very light plastic (celluloid, possibly) figure spins around the bar with a variety of movements based on the counterbalance of the weight provided by the vertical arm. It's impressive and very quirky!

In working condition and with only some minor signs of wear and tear to the box and some minor tarnishing to the metalwork. Otherwise, it's in very good shape indeed.

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]]> Unusual Boxed Asian/Geisha Doll with Changeable Wigs https://anythinginparticular.co.uk/product/unusual-boxed-asian-geisha-doll-with-changeable-wigs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=unusual-boxed-asian-geisha-doll-with-changeable-wigs Mon, 30 Jul 2018 21:10:55 +0000 https://anythinginparticular.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=452 A very unusual and difficult to describe item!  We'll be honest and admit that we know very little about it and our researches have not given us any concrete conclusions, so we are selling very much "as found" and "as described".  It appears on first glance to be a Japanese geisha doll - but it might possibly be Chinese in origin - in a light wooden box with glass lid (quite fragile in reality). Perhaps some kind of souvenir or traditional gift.  The doll is dressed in red and black fabric robes and has a ceramic head with painted features, and comes with three wigs in their own compartments in the box.  To give you some sense of the size of the doll, the case measures about 15cm by 8cm (6.5" x 3").

One of our quirkier finds, this doll is definitely different and is perhaps suited to the collector or to those interested in the culture from which it comes. In terms of condition, there is some fading to the costume which we presume was originally a much deeper black and there is some thinning to the wigs, but on the whole the doll is faring quite well considering the delicacy of construction and age.

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