#96

Rare German All-Bisque "Laughing Boy and Piglet Hiding in Egg" by Gebruder Heubach
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$1,600
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Description
8" (20 cm.) A bisque lidded jar in the shape of an egg is posed upon a branch-shaped form with well-details tree knots and leaves,and has a removable lid. Posed upon the lid,as though just emerging from the egg shell are a brown-complexion bisque boy with sculpted black curly hair,intaglio eyes,and closed mouth with laughing expression,tightly holding onto a squirming piglet who is trying to escape. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Heubach (sunburst mark). Comments: Gebruder Heubach,circa 1910. Value Points: delightful scene enhanced by exceptional detail of sculpting,wonderful expression on boy̴s face,excellent quality of bisque.