A set with three Asian dolls, early 20th Century.
Comprising a doll with jarn as hair, pink jacket and green trousers, length 38 cm. A doll with black hair, dressed in kimono, calligraphy on stomac. length 38 cm. Damaged hand. A doll with a baby on the shoulder, the woman dressed in a green jacket and long dress. Lenght 34 cm.
Wear, one doll with damage to a hand.
Provenance
From the Collection of Ebba-Stina Kiku Gadelius (1916-2022), thence by descent.
The foundation of the collection was laid by her father Knut Gadelius (1864-1932), who founded the Gadelius company.
Ebba was the third child of Knut Gadelius, she was born in Tokyo and grew up in Japan. She herself had a career as an artist and textile designer both in the USA and France and her design and art was strongly influcenced by her early years in Japan.