$5,000
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Description
23" (58 cm.) One-piece solid domed carved wooden head and torso with oval elongated face and throat, slightly-shaped bosom, defined waist and rounded hips, brown enamel eyes, painted facial features, rose blushed eye shadow, cheeks and chin, aquiline nose with accented nostrils, defined philtrum dimple, closed mouth, with original tacked-on human hair wig arranged in rolled curls and cascading to back waist, dowel-jointing at shoulders and elbows, on original wooden cage skirt form. Condition: very good, one finger broken, chip to right upper eyelid gesso. Comments: Continental, 17th century. Value Points: compelling expression is enhanced by original painted finish, original wig, and having remnants of old cloth bodice and stomacher.