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Subject:Box of Chinese Porcelain Heads
Posted By: Jane Shehan Fri, Aug 29, 2014 IP: 97.72.77.70

I bought this quirky box of heads. I have no idea where they came from or the age. Anyone seen these before? Each one has a mark on the back. I can send someone a closer image of the mark if needed.







Subject:Box of Chinese Porcelain Heads
Posted By: rat Tue, Sep 02, 2014

Chinese, made within the last few decades, characters from a drama or literary work. Pictures of the labels might help identify them.

Subject:Re: Box of Chinese Porcelain Heads
Posted By: meso Tue, Sep 16, 2014

a guess would be that these were made to be the heads for the chinese operatic puppet shows.they would be stuck on bamboo frames with the corresponding costumes.
google 'chinese puppet opera'


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