#239

German Bisque Character,180,with Painted Eyes by Kestner
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$3,200
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Description
18"(46 cm.) Bisque socket head,painted facial features,pale blue upper glancing eyes with shaded detail and white eyedots,fringed upper lashes,black and red upper eyeliner,short feathered brows,accented nostrils and eye corners,closed mouth with outlined lips and beaded teeth,brunette mohair wig over original plaster pate,composition and wooden ball-jointed body,antique school girl costume. Condition; generally excellent. Marks: 180 (head) Germany (body). Comments: Kestner,circa 1912. Value Points: fine quality of bisque with lustrous patina on the rarer character model,original body and body finish.