#375

Rare German Bisque Portrait Man with Wonderful Costume
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Description
13" (33 cm.) Bisque shoulder head of adult man with angular features,slender face,painted blue upper glancing eyes in deeply-set sockets,red and black eyeliner,accented nostrils,closed mouth with center accent line,brunette mohair wig,slender muslin body,bisque forearms,wearing wonderful cavalier's costume of silk and velvet with knee brown knee-high leather riding boots. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: probably Dressel and Kister,circa 1900. Value Points: rare model to find especially in bisque,with very fine quality of painted features.