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Large Handmade Female Puppet Indian Rajasthani

Jon Nix — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 16:36:04 +0000

A very large (56cm / 22 in. from head to hem of costume) handmade costumed puppet in the traditional style of Rajasthan, India. This one in particular is a female character seemingly a dancer, superbly rendered in wood and paint with a colourful costume of predominantly black, red and yellow. She has all the hallmarks of a dancing figure - with hands position, the jewelry and headdress being key. The details are very difficult to capture - in particular the carving and painting of the headdress is very impressive indeed. It is held by way of a central wooden rod and controllable via wires connected to the arms rather than being a kathputli or stringed puppet.

Overall in good condition, but it is obviously of some age and has been much used - there is obvious wear and tear to parts of the head in particular and she is missing a "pom-pom" earring one side (the wire is there but the red wool is not - easily remedied we feel). She is, however, a striking item and might interest someone with a love for puppetry, a passion for India, or just wants something very different in their home.

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Large Handmade Male Musician Puppet Indian Rajasthani

Jon Nix — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 16:19:56 +0000

A very large (56cm / 22 in. from head to hem of costume) handmade costumed puppet in the traditional style of Rajasthan, India. This one in particular is a Male musician character all superbly rendered in wood and paint with a colourful costume of yellow, blue, purple and pink. He appears to be playing a sarangi or dilruba instrument which might indicate a Sikh reference along with the headwear. The details are very difficult to capture and the intricacy of the costume is quite stunning, consisting of complicated stitching, sequins and varied materials. It is held by way of a central wooden rod and controllable via wires connected to the arms rather than being a kathputli or stringed puppet.

Overall in good condition, but it is obviously of some age and has been much used - there is obvious wear and tear to parts of the costume in particular. It is, however, a striking item and might interest someone with a love for puppetry, a passion for India, or just wants something very different in their home.

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Large Handmade Male/Female Double Faced Puppet Indian Rajasthani

Jon Nix — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 16:16:30 +0000

A very large (66cm / 26 in. from head to hem of costume) handmade costumed puppet in the traditional style of Rajasthan, India. This one in particular is a double faced Male and Female character all superbly rendered in wood and paint with a colourful costume of gold, silver, red and orange. The details are very difficult to capture and the intricacy of the costume is quite stunning. It is held by way of a central wooden rod and controllable via wires connected to the arms rather than being a kathputli or stringed puppet.

Overall in good condition, but it is obviously of some age and has been much used. It is, however, a striking item and might interest someone with a love for puppetry, a passion for India, or just wants something very different in their home.

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Unusual Boxed Asian/Geisha Doll with Changeable Wigs

Jon Nix — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 21:10:55 +0000

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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Vintage French Clown Figure Hand Puppet

Jon Nix — Sat, 22 Jul 2017 11:11:55 +0000

A wonderful clown hand puppet, made in France and overflowing with character! Vintage, and with original somewhat aged fabric costume. Made of a moulded composite resin-like material and painted.

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