#212

Early German Porcelain Lady with Refined Presence
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$2,500
sold
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Description
26" (66 cm.) overall. 7"l. head. Pink tinted thick porcelain shoulder head with full oval face,strong elongated throat,black sculpted hair with center-part drawn smoothly around the sides of face and into a six-strand coiled braid at the back,large painted blue eyes in defined eye sockets,thick black upper eyeliner,red eyeliner,single stroke brows,aquiline nose with circle accents,closed mouth with very tentative smile,muslin stitch-jointed body with elongated legs,porcelain hands,antique woolen dress with cotton lace,undergarments,leather shoes. Condition: generally excellent,hands restored,two original firing lines at back sew holes. Comments: Germany,circa 1860. Value Points: early model in fine larger size with beautiful features and lustrous pink-tinted complexion.