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The culture and traditions of India includes making and painting matryoshka nesting dolls. Several decades ago, local craftspeople were instructed in creating dolls for export. While not made in particularly large numbers, vintage dolls from India appear on the secondary market now and then.

  • Circus [India] (सर्कस). 5-nested doll hand made in India circa mid-1980s.

    Circus Nesting Doll [India]

    Circus [India] (सर्कस). 5-nested doll made in India circa mid-1980s. The painting is of the naïve type, but well done in a folk art manner. The indigenous wood is a hardwood, that differs from standard Russian linden or birch. The lacquer is...
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  • Victorian Family [विक्टोरियन परिवार].  5-nested doll made in India circa mid-1980s

    Victorian Family Nesting Doll [India]

    Victorian Family [विक्टोरियन परिवार].  5-nested doll made in India circa mid-1980s. The painting is well done in a folk art manner. The indigenous wood is a hardwood, that differs from standard Russian linden or birch. The lacquer is polished to a...
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  • Queen [India] (रानी). 5-nested doll made in India circa mid-1980s

    Queen Nesting Doll [India]

    Queen [India] (रानी). 5-nested doll made in India circa mid-1980s. The painting is of the naïve type, but well done in a folk art manner. The indigenous wood is a hardwood, that differs from standard Russian linden or birch. The lacquer is polished...
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  • Jack and the Beanstalk [जैक और शैतान का खज़ाना]. 5-nested doll hand made in India circa mid-1980s

    Jack and the Beanstalk Nesting Doll [India]

    Jack and the Beanstalk [जैक और शैतान का खज़ाना].  5-nested doll made in India circa mid-1980s. The painting is well done in a folk art manner. The indigenous wood is a hardwood, that differs from standard Russian linden or birch. The lacquer is...
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  • Scarecrow [बिजूका].  5-nested doll made in India circa mid-1980s.

    Scarecrow Nesting Doll [India]

    Scarecrow [बिजूका].  5-nested doll made in India circa mid-1980s. The painting is well done in a folk art manner. The indigenous wood is a hardwood, that differs from standard Russian linden or birch. The lacquer is polished to a high gloss. This...
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  • Inuit Family [इनुइट]. 5-nested doll hand made in India circa mid-1980s

    Inuit Family Nesting Doll [India]

    Inuit Family [इनुइट]. With baby in papoose (papoose means child). 5-nested doll made in India circa mid-1980s. The painting is well done in a folk art manner. The indigenous wood is a hardwood, that differs from standard Russian linden or birch. The...
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  • Cinderella [सिंडरेला]. 5-nested doll hand made in India circa mid-1980s

    Cinderella Nesting Doll [India]

    Cinderella [सिंडरेला]. 5-nested doll made in India circa mid-1980s. The painting is well done in a folk art manner. The indigenous wood is a hardwood, that differs from standard Russian linden or birch. The lacquer is polished to a high gloss. This...
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  • Alice in Wonderland [एक अद्भुत दुनिया में एलिस]. 5-nested doll hand made in India circa mid-1980s.

    Alice in Wonderland Nesting Doll [India]

    Alice in Wonderland [एक अद्भुत दुनिया में एलिस]. 5-nested doll made in India circa mid-1980s. The painting is well done in a folk art manner. The indigenous wood is a hardwood, that differs from standard Russian linden or birch. The lacquer is polished...
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  • Mother Goose [मादा हंस] 5-nested doll made in India circa mid-1980s.

    Mother Goose Nesting Doll [India]

    Mother Goose [मादा हंस]. 5-nested doll made in India circa mid-1980s. The painting is well done in a folk art manner. The indigenous wood is a hardwood, that differs from standard Russian linden or birch. The lacquer is polished to a high gloss. This set...
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  • Nutcracker Suite [नटक्रैकर सूट]  5-nested doll made in India circa mid-1980s.

    Nutcracker Suite Nesting Doll [India]

    Nutcracker Suite [नटक्रैकर सूट]. 5-nested doll made in India circa mid-1980s. The painting is well done in a folk art manner. The indigenous wood is a hardwood, that differs from standard Russian linden or birch. The lacquer is polished to a high gloss...
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  • Gypsy Family Nesting Doll from India hand made and hand painted

    Gypsy Nesting Doll [India]

    Gypsy Family [जिप्सी]. 5-nested doll made in India circa mid-1980s. The painting is well done in a folk art manner. The indigenous wood is a hardwood, that differs from standard Russian linden or birch. The lacquer is polished to a high gloss. This set...
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  • Women in Sarees [India]

    Women in Sarees [India]

    Women in Sarees [India] (साड़ी [भारत] में महिलाएं।). Six-nested doll made in India circa mid-1980s. The painting is of the naïve type, but well done in a folk art manner. The indigenous wood is a hardwood, that differs from standard Russian linden...
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