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Description
20" (51 cm.) Sculpted wooden head with elongated oval face,elongated throat,sculpted brown
hair with deeply defined flowing curls,small enamel eyes with heavily sculpted eyelids,painted
brows,aquiline nose,closed mouth with accent line between the lips,hemp-wrapped wire
armature body with carved wooden hands and feet,original silk gown with metallic thread
embroideries,metallic headdress. Condition: generally excellent,some finger tips broken.
Comments: Continental,early 19th century. Value Points: superb sculpting especially of
eyes,throat hollow,hair,original painting is well preserved. From the archives of the Cleveland
Museum of Art.