#230

Portrait of Chinese Boy, 243, by Kestner
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$2,500
sold
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Description

13" (33 cm). Amber tinted bisque socket head, small brown glass sleep eyes, painted lashes, feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, open mouth, glazed lips, two porcelain upper teeth, tongue, black mohair wig over plaster pate, amber tinted composition baby body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: F made in Germany 10 243 JDK. Comments: Kestner, circa 1912. Value Points: most appealing and rare small size of the realistically modeled Chinese baby with excellent bisque, original body, body finish, antique embroidered sateen costume.