#110

Superb Early Porcelain Lady with Mystery Maker's Signature
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$5,750
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24" (61 cm.) Thick paste porcelain shoulder head of adult lady with slender oval face and elongated throat,defined throat hollow,black sculpted center-part hair waved back just at her cheek bones into deep loops over her ear tips and forming into a loosely-bound chignon at the back of her head,stippling details at her nape,outlined painted blue eyes in defined sockets,shaded grey upper eyeliner,feathered brows,aquiline nose,accent dots at eye corners and nostrils,closed mouth with full outlined lips,muslin stitch-jointed body,porcelain limbs,painted flat rose shoes and green ribbon-tied stocking,wearing lovely antique rose taffeta jacket with Alencon black lace,rose satin skirt,undergarments,antique cameo. Condition: generally excellent,right porcelain leg has hairlines. Marks: (two short green horizontal lines and one extended green vertical line inside shoulder plate). Comments: mystery maker,in the KPM manner,circa 1850. Value Points: superb early porcelain lady with beautifully blushed detail on cheeks and chin,very full sensuous lips,defined eye sockets,maker's mark,fine costume.