#33

German Bisque Pouting Character,7602,Gebruder Heubach with Side-Parted Flocked Hair
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$1,500
sold
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Description
16" (41 cm.) Solid domed bisque socket head with pink- tinted complexion,intaglio-sculpted blue eyes with large black pupils and white eye-dots in pronounced eye sockets,black and red upper eyeliner,short feathered brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth with very full pouting lips,flocked light brown hair with side-part shaping,composition and wooden ball-jointed body,nicely costumed in burgundy linen. Condition: generally excellent,arms are appropriately sized and of the same era but not original to body. Marks: Heubach (sunburst) Germany (and green stamps). Comments: Gebruder Heubach,circa 1910. Value Points: perfectly-preserved flocked hair in rare style enhances the deep modeling of the petulant-faced little boy.