#298

German Porcelain Lady with Unusual Sculpted Comb and Looped Curls
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$850
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Description
19" (48 cm.) Porcelain shoulder head of lady with angular slender face and throat,black sculpted hair in ornate arrangement held by a decorative comb at her crown and falling into cascading curls at the back,painted blue downcast eyes,red and black upper eyeliner,single stroke brows,aquiline nose,closed mouth,sculpted pierced ears,new cloth body with porcelain lower limbs,burgundy silk fashion gown,undergarments. Condition: generally excellent,few light paint rubs on hair,small repair to bottom ear lobe. Comments: Germany,circa 1870. Value Points: rare model with unusually-elongated face,ornate coiffure.