Beautiful Chinese Ceramic Dolls, Newly Weds
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Directory: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Pre 1980: Item # 17789
Directory: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Pre 1980: Item # 17789
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"Chinese beauty is", according to my Chinese friend, "she should walk like a weeping willow, her eyebrows should be fashionably shaped like its leaves and her long fingers must not show any trace of hard work" – I kind of love this part... Here she is sitting in a chair waiting to be carried by her new husband.
This is a very famous Chinese scene, new bride going home to visit her mother for the first time. This ritual follows three days after the wedding. Quality item, described as 'Chinese Lladro’.
The size of each figure is 10” tall. The condition is mint. You will find two chickens in her basket.