#71

German Carved Wooden Gentleman of the Court in Original Costume
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$600
sold
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Description
12" (30 cm.) including stand. Carved wooden head with very angular narrow features, deeply-set eye sockets, strong pronounced nose, tinted detail of beard on original ruddy complexion, brown fleecy hair, wooden torso and expressive hands, firmly-stuffed cloth body. Condition: very good, some age wear. Comments: Germany, early 1800s. Value Points: highly-expressive carved features, wearing original silk and brocade costume, and on original wooden stand.