Four Chinese Antique Puppets

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Circa 1900, four rod puppets each with an oval wooden head painted with an expressive face, wearing colorful patterned textiles, each with wooden rods under the fabric.

Each 18 x 4 x 4 in.

From the Collection of a Lady, Charlottesville, Virginia

Rubbing and wear with losses to pigments and dirt to heads and stains to fabric; some wooden sticks missing or broken.