Extremely Rare Tiny Porcelain Taufling Baby with Jointed Limbs

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6" (16 cm.) Pink tinted porcelain head with flat-cut neck socket and solid dome,brush-stroked baby hair above the ears and at nape of neck,painted blue eyes,red and black upper eyeliner,single stroke brows,accented nostrils and eye corners,closed mouth,paper mache upper and lower torso,lower arms and legs,muslin midriff enclosing mama crier bellows,muslin upper arms and legs,loosely limbed porcelain hands and bare feet,presented in woven basket with two clothing items. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: probably German,circa 1850. Value Points: extremely rare tiny size taufling with most captivating presence,all original parts with working crier,jointed porcelain hands and feet,beautifully painted features.