#215

Early German Porcelain Lady Doll with Rare Coiffure and Original Costume
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$1,600
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Description
20" (51 cm.) Lightly pink-tinted porcelain shoulderhead, oval slender face and elongated throat, black sculpted centerparted hair softly waved over her ears and captured in a braided chignon at the back of her head, shaded blue painted eyes, red and black upper eyeliner, single stroke brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth, muslin stitch-jointed body, porcelain lower arms. Condition: generally excellent, left wrist reglued. Comments: Germany, circa 1860. Value Points: rare early porcelain lady with imposing presence, wearing fine original costume. Ex-collection Estrid Faurhault and Legoland Museum.