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Description
22" (56 cm.) Thick paste porcelain shoulder head of adult lady with elongated throat, black sculpted hair drawn away from her face into wide pouf-shaped rolled curls at the side with dramatic loop at the back, painted blue eyes, black and red upper eyeliner, single-stroke brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with firmly shaped lips, kid arms, antique burgundy costume, undergarments. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1870. Value Points: especially fine detail of modeling, especially of rare coiffure, with exquisite detail of feathering around the forehead and sides of head.