#234

Petite Neapolitan Lad with Expressive Features and Original Costume
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$900
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Description
7" (18 cm.) Sculpted head with tilted pose, very plump cheeks and chin, enamel eyes, sculpted short curly hair, closed mouth, hemp-wrapped body, carved wooden hands and feet, sculpted brown ankle boots. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Neapolitan, early 1800s. Value Points: rare child model in diminutive size, superb original painting, original silk and velvet costume, perfect fingers on expressively-posed hands.