#111

German Bisque Child, 149, by Kestner
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$950
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Description
The bisque doll with long-faced modelling has socket head, deeply defined features, brown glass sleep eyes, painted lashes, brushstroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, open mouth, shaded lips, four teeth, blonde mohair wig over plaster pate, original composition and wooden ball-jointed body with straight wrists. The doll wears antique white pique dress with cutwork trim, undergarments, shoes and socks. Signed "made in Germany 3 149". Kestner, circa 1900. 11" (28 cm).