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Rare German Bisque "Seated Girl in Hooded Jacket with Candy Bag" by Gebruder Heubach
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8" (20 cm.) All-bisque figure depicts a young girl in seated pose,cozily wrapped in a warm hooded coat with sculpted fur trim around her face,cuffs,and hem of jacket,and with matching fur-trimmed boots. Sculpted blonde hair tumbles onto her forehead,centering her side-glancing intaglio blue eyes with white eyedots,and she has painted facial features,rosy cheeks,closed mouth with dimpled smiling expression. Her left hand is extended back over her shoulder,supporting an open Santa gift bag,designed for use as candy container. Condition: generally excellent,Comments: Gebruder Heubach,circa 1910. Value Points: rare figure with exceptional quality of sculpting extending even to the draped folds of the candy bag,wonderful facial expression.