Vintage Japanese Kokeshi Wooden Doll Signed by Maker 7" Chawan rendered in the high-gloss tradition

rendered in the high-gloss tradition of mid-20th century Chinese export figural ware

This is an antique Japanese tansu known as a kodansu

urushi art

from Shōwa Shokugyō E-zukushi (Japanese Vocations in Pictures)

Measuring 18 inches in length

Vintage Japanese Kokeshi Wooden Doll Signed by Maker 7" Chawan rendered in the high-gloss traditionThis is a vintage Japanese wooden doll called a kokeshi. This Kokeshi is the most traditional style of a straight vile deer body and a round head. She will ad an air of pleasant calm to your day. Having been in storage for several decades, it remains in overall fine vintage condition. There are some minor scuffs. Thislittle kokeshi measures about 1. 5" at her widest point and is 7! tall.