Fine German Porcelain Lady Doll with Most Unusual Sculpted Coiffure

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23" (58 cm.) Porcelain shoulderhead with oval shaped head and elongated throat, sloping shoulders, sculpted black hair drawn away from face with stippled detailing, forming a rolled frame of curls around the face and swept into a wide draped and up-swept curl at the back of head, painted blue eyes, red and black upper eyeliner, single stroke brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with center accent line, muslin stitch-jointed body, leather lower arms, stitched-on stockings and leather boots, antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1875. Value Points: rare and intriguingly modeled coiffure.