#18

German Porcelain Lady with Rare Hair and Eye Color by KPM Meissen
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Description
17" (43 cm.) Fine white porcelain shoulder head depicting a slender-faced adult lady with elongated throat,aquiline nose,small painted grey eyes,red and black upper eyeliner,brown brows,closed mouth with accent line between the lips. She has sculpted hair in a very light brown shade with defined painting of tendrils,the hair smoothly drawn over her ears and into a tightly braided chignon at the back decorated with beading. She has an early muslin stitch-jointed body,with kid lower arms,and is nicely re-dressed in antique brown velvet. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: (crossed blue swords) W 7 b.62 (incised inside shoulder plate). Comments: KPM Meissen,circa 1850. Value Points: rare early model with superb refinement of expression,rare brown hair and grey eyes,fully signed.