#98

German Porcelain Lady Doll Head by A.W. Fr. Kister
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$600
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Description
4" (10 cm.) Porcelain shoulder head of adult lady with oval face,elongated throat,modeled bosom,sculpted brown hair with striated detail of painting,hair drawn away from face into elaborately rolled curls in 18th-century style,with gild-edged blue hair band,painted blue eyes,red and black upper eyeliner,feathered brows,aquiline nose,closed mouth. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: A.W. Fr. Kister,successor to Dressel & Kister,circa 1890. Value Points: outstanding quality of painting,sculptural details extend to modeled throat hollow and shoulder blades.