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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 266723, member: 2844"]Hello Mailuv, welcome. I took the liberty of making the picture full image.</p><p><img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/20170809_082029-jpg.83939/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I always love these dolls. They depict all sorts of Japanese traditional dress from peasant girls, brides, elderly ladies, to kabuki actors and samurai. There are also geisha dolls, but these two are not geishas. Geisha is a specific profession, as toomany said. Geishas have a low plunge of the neckline at the back, to show a very seductive neck.</p><p>These two look like a bride (sitting) and groom (standing) to me. The groom has a samurai sword, so this is an aristocratic couple.</p><p>Here is a bridal couple, the hat is only worn during part of the ceremony, the groom has the obligatory folded fan in his hand, like yours:</p><p><img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/d2/7a/08/d27a08dc01421124a0c8c985b92f1186.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Here are some prices of Japanese dolls in a glass case, I think yours would be mid-range:</p><p><a href="https://www.etsy.com/nl/search?q=japanese%20dolls%20in%20glass%20case" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.etsy.com/nl/search?q=japanese%20dolls%20in%20glass%20case" rel="nofollow">https://www.etsy.com/nl/search?q=japanese dolls in glass case</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 266723, member: 2844"]Hello Mailuv, welcome. I took the liberty of making the picture full image. [IMG]https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/20170809_082029-jpg.83939/[/IMG] I always love these dolls. They depict all sorts of Japanese traditional dress from peasant girls, brides, elderly ladies, to kabuki actors and samurai. There are also geisha dolls, but these two are not geishas. Geisha is a specific profession, as toomany said. Geishas have a low plunge of the neckline at the back, to show a very seductive neck. These two look like a bride (sitting) and groom (standing) to me. The groom has a samurai sword, so this is an aristocratic couple. Here is a bridal couple, the hat is only worn during part of the ceremony, the groom has the obligatory folded fan in his hand, like yours: [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/d2/7a/08/d27a08dc01421124a0c8c985b92f1186.jpg[/IMG] Here are some prices of Japanese dolls in a glass case, I think yours would be mid-range: [URL='https://www.etsy.com/nl/search?q=japanese%20dolls%20in%20glass%20case']https://www.etsy.com/nl/search?q=japanese dolls in glass case[/URL][/QUOTE]
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