#119

Petite German Bisque Lady with Sculpted Hair and Feathered Snood
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$550
sold
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Description
11" (28 cm.) Bisque shoulder head of adult lady with oval face and elongated throat,sculpted blonde hair in deep waves from face and captured in a sculpted and painted green snood that is framed by a tasseled lustre coronet and lavish feather,painted bright blue eyes,black upper eyeliner,tiny painted lashes,feathered brows,new muslin stitch-jointed body and bisque lower limbs. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany,circa 1870. Value Points: superb detail of painting on the petite model,the lady is wearing a very fine coral silk gown with beaded embroidery.