#53

Small German Porcelain Doll as Balthazar in Original Costume
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$1,800
sold
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Description
9" (23 cm.) Porcelain shoulder head with black sculpted hair and painted black moustache and beard has painted facial features,cloth body that is enclosed in original elaborate costume of silk,paisley,velvet and beads. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany,circa 1900,a small paper attached to the costume reads "Balthazar". Value Points: representing one of the Wise Men,he wears his elaborate original costume and carries a small all-porcelain doll,Baby Jesus,in his arms.