#60

Rare Early Sculpted-Hair Lady with Sculpted Bisque Corset
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$1,300
sold
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Description
9" (23 cm.) Having one-piece bisque head,torso and upper legs,with sculpted long brown hair that forms ringlet curls onto her shoulders and is captured in a tightly-woven braided chignon at the back of her head,oval-shaped face and elongated throat,painted facial features,blue eyes,red and black upper eyeliner,tiny closed mouth,sculpted corset with gilt outlining,muslin upper arms and mid-things,bisque lower arms and hands,lower legs with elegant slender shape and sculpted shoes. Condition: faint old hairline at back torso from hair edge to under-arm,otherwise excellent. Comments: Germany,circa 1870. Value Points: very rare model with brown hair,elaborate coiffure and unique body with all-original parts,of which few examples are known to exist.