#298

Beautiful Early German Bisque Child,169,by Kestner with Closed Mouth
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$2,100
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Description
28" (71 cm.) Bisque socket head,blue glass sleep eyes,dark eyeliner,painted long curly lashes,slightly modeled brush-stroked brows with decorative glaze,accented eye corners,shaded nostrils,closed mouth with accent line between the lips,blonde mohair wig over plaster pate,composition and wooden ball-jointed body,pretty antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: M made in Germany 15 3/4 169 (head) Germany (body). Comments: Kestner,circa 1890. Value Points: finest quality bisque and painting on the closed mouth child,rarer model,original signed body with original finish.