#71

German Bisque Lady with Sculpted Snood and Lustre Plume
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$650
sold
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Description
10" (25 cm.) Bisque shoulder head with oval-shaped face and elongated throat,blonde sculpted hair captured in a green painted snood with white and purple lustre plumes framing the crown of her head,painted blue eyes,black and red eyeliner,single stroke brows,accented nostrils,muslin stitch-jointed body,bisque lower limbs,wearing antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany,circa 1870,attributed to Alt,Beck and Gottschalk. Value Points: superb detail of sculpting and painting on the petite version of the rare model.