Rare German Porcelain Brown-Haired Child with Taufling Body

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12" (30 cm.) Porcelain head with flat-cut neck socket depicting a young child with rounded facial modeling,painted blue eyes in well-defined eye sockets,red and black upper eyeliner,short feathered brows,accented nostrils and eye corners,little round nose,closed mouth with impish shy smile,blushed cheeks. The head is attached to original taufling body with wax-over-paper-mache upper and lower torso and bellows midriff which "cries" when squeezed,porcelain lower limbs,painted black ankle boots,antique undergarments and costume. Her sculpted hair is arranged in a simple style waved away from face,captured by a gold-edged white hair band above her fully sculpted ears and having soft curls at the back of her head; the collar is shaded from midnight-brown at the back to a pale taupe at her forehead. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany,circa 1860. Value Points: extremely rare early doll has superb sculpting and hair,original body.