#26

Outstanding German Porcelain Half Doll "Gold Earrings Lady" Attributed to Royal Rudolstadt
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$2,300
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Description
18" (46 cm.) overall. 7 1/2" waist-up. Porcelain waist-up nude figure of slender adult lady,her head turned modestly downward and to the right,with slender angular facial shape and throat,brown sculpted loosely-flowing hair captured in a loose roll at the back and decorated with large turquoise beads,very long gold earrings edging her throat,unusual modeling of face with pronounced nose enhanced by finely-detailed blush spots,her arms having bent elbows and held modestly in front of her bodice with elegantly posed fingers. The half doll is attached to her original wire lamp cage and is costumed in antique embroidered silks. Excellent condition. Attributed to Royal Rudolstadt,Germany,circa 1900