JEWELLERY, ANTIQUE & ART AUCTION Tuesday, 25 February 2020 - 10:00 AM start
An early/mid-20thC Chinese carved ivory lady doctor's doll
Realised: $125 plus premium
Lot Details
she stands naked with her arms raised and hands clasped behind her head, on short carved wood stand. Repair to one arm. H.190mm. Note: often when a woman saw a doctor in 18th century China, she wasn't allowed to actually see him. Instead she sat behind a curtain or bamboo screen describing her area of pain with the use of such a doll.
