#85

German Porcelain Half Doll Powder Dish as Double-Figure Ballerinas
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9" (23 cm.) Waist-up porcelain half dolls are sculpted as one,depicting a black-haired man and a woman with short red bobbed hair with coronet and painted halter and bracelets,in a dancing pose,their arms outstretched and their fingers intertwined,with powder puff and silk skirt attached,and with separate powder puff bowl with extended double set of legs,gold slippers. Excellent condition. Incised 6807. Germany,circa 1915,for the French market,the piece was offered by Parisian boutique of G. Malet,featured in their advertisements.