Handcrafted Opera Doll - White Snake Spirit

The doll craftsmanship came from Beijing Opera and formed an industry of exquisite handwork since the opera was born in the 18th century.

This doll originates from "Legend of a White-Snake" as a role of snake spirit in the opera, who was incarnated a lady and married a human. Unfortunately, their marriage was opposed by a Buddhist monk who believed that the marriage between human and evil spirit could not be allowed. He then kept the spirit under a big pagoda ):
Many years later, their son begged the God to collapse the pagoda, finally the spirit got free and reunited with her husband and son.

The doll comes with a square wooden base. There is an option to choose a display case with the doll to prevent dust.

Dimensions

Material & Craft
Generally the doll is made of multiple types of material, hand crafted

• Head: solid gypsum compound, it is high-temperature baked & never cracked
• Face & eyes: making up by hand painting on face, embedded eyeballs that look realistic. The craft made is as detailed to the eyelash - each doll has eyelashes on face
• Hair: artificial silk wig with manual hair styling
• Body: light padding to shape the figure
• Hands & arms: moulded resin, they are connected with cord and can be posed up or down slightly
• Dress: silk, satin & sheer fabric, with dye printing

• Base: fiberboard with baking paint
• Display case (optional): glass & solid wood frame with metal fastener