Early Carved Bone, Wood and Paper Mache Figure on Gilt Pedestal

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13" (33 cm.) Carved bone head and shoulders with well-defined facial features including gentle enigmatic smile, carved wooden torso and arms with dowel-jointing at shoulders and elbows, carved bone hands, hollow paper mache skirt, and posed upon a gilt wooden pedestal. Very good condition. Continental, early 1800s.