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Early 20th C.Vintage Taiwanese Budaixi Hand Puppet Opera Dolls- LOT of 8

Budaixi theater, known as “poor man’s opera,” originated in China during the 1300’s and was adapted from the Beijing opera. Characteristics of this lot include carved and dramatically painted wooden heads, cloth legs and torsos, wooden hands and feet, as well as bright and vibrant costumes adorned with various aesthetics including sequins, mirrors, beads, fur fringe, decorative thread, and braiding. !

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• as
• LOT
• was
• well
• Wooden
• EARLY
• HEADS
• hand
• during
• Various
• painted
• decorative
• include
• Carved
• 20th
• China
• including
• feet
• thread
• Cloth
• Vibrant
• legs
• BRIGHT
• fringe
• adorned
• known
• Adapted
• originated
• fur
• Theater
• Opera
• beads
• Costumes
• hands
• characteristics
• Puppet
• poor
• mirrors
• mans
• torsos
• Budaixi
• 1300s
• Beijing
• dramatically
• aesthetics
• sequins
• braiding
• CVintage
• Taiwanese
• Dolls-