#165

Swiss Studio Doll, Model CI, by Sasha Morgenthaler with Rare Brown Eyes & Signed Foot
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$6,500
sold
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Description
20" (51 cm.) Modeled socket head with amber complexion, painted rich brown eyes, brown fringed upper lashes and upper eye liner, white eye shadow, tiny rounded tip nose, closed mouth with wide lips, reddish-brown human hair bobbed wig, modeled body in material identical to head, jointing at shoulders and hips, cupped hands. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Sasha Sp 030/67 CI 3 (ink inscribed on left foot). Comments: Sasha Morgenthaler studio doll, the mark indicates that the doll was the 30th doll made in 1967; "3" was the color code for complexion. Value Points: rare complexion enhanced by rare brown eyes, wearing original pale pink pique dress (light grey tag with white letters inside bodice of dress), scalloped edge drawers with drawstring waist, brown leather sandals.