#486

An Elaborately-Arranged Powder Box with Two Figures for the French Market
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$600
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9" (23 cm.) A porcelain half doll as Pierrette with clasped hands is perched atop a cardboard powder box which is covered by her skirt; the box is attached to head of a red-headed circus performer who appears to be balancing Pierrette on his shoulders as her legs (which are part of his sculpture) straddle each side of his head; the performer has decorated costume and red hair. The powder box has original label "A Nouvelle Poudre Simon,Paris/Lyon". Excellent condition. Circa 1920,rare and intricately constructed fancy.