#42.1

French-Type Porcelain Doll Depicting Young Lad
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$2,000
sold
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Description
14" (36 cm.) Porcelain shoulder head depicting a young lad with bright blue painted eyes,thick black encircling eyeliner,lightly feathered brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth with pertly shaped lips,muslin stitch-jointed body with kid lower arms,antique woolen boy"s suit. He has short black sculpted hair in deeply tousled style with stippled details of curls around the forehead and sides of head,blushed detail of sculpted ears. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: probably French,circa 1860. Value Points: wonderfully expressive features with dramatic detailed painting of eyes,beautiful stippling of hair details around the forehead edge.