Early German Paper Mache Lady with Elaborately Sculpted Coiffure

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24" (61 cm.) Paper mache shoulder head of adult lady with elongated throat, sculpted hair with elaborate poufs of curls at each side of face, and then drawn up at the back of head to form three wide bands of rolled braids at the crown, painted complexion and facial features, blue eyes, feathered brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth, slender kid body with carved wooden lower arms and legs, painted red shoes, wearing fine antique muslin costume. Condition: generally excellent, repair of kid at upper legs. Comments: Germany, circa 1840. Value Points: fine original complexion and features, very rare coiffure on the large model, with fine antique costume.