Rare German Porcelain Doll with Wooden Articulated Body

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7" (18 cm.) Pink tinted porcelain shoulder head with black sculpted very short curly hair, painted facial features, sculpted ears, blue eyes, carved wooden body with tiny waist, dowel-jointing at shoulders and hips, porcelain lower arms and legs with dowel-jointed attachment, painted orange slippers. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1850. Value Points: very rare miniature doll in perfectly preserved condition, with exquisite detail of painted hair and facial features.