#204

German Bisque Lady with Sculpted Hair and Elaborate Snood
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$550
sold
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Description
10" (25 cm.) Bisque shoulder head with slender oval face and elongated throat,sculpted blonde hair with green painted snood decorated by sculpted green feather and purple lustre tassel,painted bright blue eyes with black eyeliner and tiny painted lashes,one stroke brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth,muslin stitch-jointed body with (new) porcelain lower limbs,painted blue boots,wearing antique blue silk gown with lace trim,undergarments. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany,circa 1870. Value Points: amazingly fine detail of painting,especially of eyes,on the petite model,with rare hair style and ornamentation.