#83

Grand-Sized Early Porcelain Doll Head, Pink-Tinted Complexion, Lippert & Haas of Schlaggenwald
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$1,700
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Description
11" (28 cm.) h. 11"w. Solid domed shoulderhead of very thick paste porcelain with overall pink-tinted complexion, plumply rounded face and sturdy throat, slightly defined bosom, deeply modeled features, defined eye sockets with upper-glancing deep blue eyes having white eye notch in pupils, black and red upper eyeliner, brushstroked brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with very rich lips, original brunette hand-tied human hair wig. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: attributed to Lippert & Haas of Schlaggenwald, circa 1860. Value Points: very rare model, especially in this rare exhibition size, has outstanding detail of sculpting and painting.