NEW - DOOR OF HOPE 6" CHILD - KINDERGARTEN ?: This is a rare Door of Hope child resembling and dressed like the Kindergarten child but a little taller at 6". DOH children figures are very rare and diffucult to find for collectors. She is 6" tall and has the typical carved pearwood face. She's wearing a lovely green and cream cotton side close tunic over a white side close cotton shirt. Over the tunic is a separate stiff cotton rust colored color trimmed with elaborate embroidered design ........ very similar to that found on the Kindergarten children. Her hair is painted black and on her head is an elaborate embroidered head dress. Fitted green silk leggings that complement her tunic. On her feet the a pair of adorable kitty cat shoes. ........ her darling hat has kitty ears as well !! In 1900, 5  missionary ladies started the DOH Mission in Shanghai. It was a school for destitute girls and they sewed to provide for themselves and thus, were created, the DOH dolls. The heads and hands were carved from Chinese "niponga wood" or pear wood.  Lips, eyes and hair were then painted. Clothes were then handsewn and added. There were approximately 26 standard characters representing differing Chinese social classes. Each girl could dress only about one doll a month, therefore production was limited. This DOH child is one of those dolls. In excellent condition !!! . ............... SOLD Addtl Photos - DOH CHILD

NEW - DOOR OF HOPE YOUNG MAN IN SILK: This is an exception 9" young DOH man in an exquisite costume. The DOH doll depicted here represents a young man, probably from the upper class judging by his costume. This young man has a more typical Western black hairstyle.  He has the typical pearwood carved face and hands. The pearwood is in exception condition .... very light .... indicating the collector must have kept him displayed behind glass. The head is large with very round features. He is wearing an exquisite silk costume consiting of a purple silk tunic with frog closures over a full length silk pink tunic.... very slight fading of the pink silk on bottom front. Underneath his pink tunic is the typical white cotton blouse. He wears gold silk faille pants trimmed in pink silk ribbon at the ankles. On his feet he wears black silk slippers often seen in the upper class costumes. In 1900, 5  missionary ladies started the DOH Mission in Shanghai. It was a school for destitute girls and they sewed to provide for themselves and thus, were created, the DOH dolls. The heads and hands were carved from Chinese "niponga wood" or pear wood.  Lips, eyes and hair were then painted. Clothes were then handsewn and added. There were approximately 26 standard characters representing differing Chinese social classes. Each girl could dress only about one doll a month, therefore production was limited. This figure is one of those DOH dolls depicting a young upper class young man ................... SOLD Addtl Photos - DOH YG MAN

DOH GENTLEMAN W QUEUE:  This is an early Door of Hope Gentleman. Circa 1920. Head and Hands are hand carved of pearwood .... missing one pinkie finger. Painted hair, eyes and eyebrows. Floss queue hanging from painted hair in back. Cloth body. Layers of original clothing made of silk, cotton and feed sack ....  in excellent condition. Original stamp mark on garmnet under tunic. Original cloth boots and black decorative silk vest with frog closures. Nice early model ! ......................... SOLD Addtl Photos - DOH Man

EARLY DOOR OF HOPE MAN: This Door of Hope figure represents a young man .... probably a school boy or scholar. Dressed in a long blue cotton gown with a black cotton jacket with frog closures. He has the typical carved pearwood face  (some darkening) but instead of the usual pearwood hands he has cotton hands .... typical of the earlier DOH figures. His hair is painted black and he still retains his long hair que in the back. He is also 12" tall which is also an indication that he is an earlier figure. He has the typical cotton pant and shirt undergarments, black cloth shoes and unusual long blue cotton chaps on his lower legs. Nice example of an earlier DOH man. .................... SOLD Addtl Photos - DOH Early Yg Man

NEW - DOOR OF HOPE 7 1/2" YOUNG MAN IN SILK: This is a wonderful early 7 1/2" young DOH man silk dress. The DOH doll depicted here represents a young man, probably from the upper class judging by his costume. This young man has an early type black hairstyle.  He has the typical pearwood carved face and hands. The pearwood has darkened over the years .... probably displayed in the open and not behind glass.  He is wearing an exquisite burgandy silk tunic with embossed design ... the color appears red in the photos but it is a deep burgandy color. Underneath his tunic he wears the typical white cotton shirt often seen. He wears grey silk faille pants trimmed with gold silk ribbon at the ankles. On his feet he wears grey silk slippers often seen in the upper class costumes. In 1900, 5  missionary ladies started the DOH Mission in Shanghai. It was a school for destitute girls and they sewed to provide for themselves and thus, were created, the DOH dolls. The heads and hands were carved from Chinese "niponga wood" or pear wood.  Lips, eyes and hair were then painted. Clothes were then handsewn and added. There were approximately 26 standard characters representing differing Chinese social classes. Each girl could dress only about one doll a month, therefore production was limited. This figure is one of those DOH dolls depicting a young upper class young man ................... SOLD Addtl Photos - YOUNG MAN