German Porcelain Half-Doll with Rare Style of Decoration

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5" (13 cm.) Waist-up porcelain lady with grey sculpted hair gathered under a ruffled wide-brimmed bonnet trimmed with gilt-edged flowers and leaves and tied with a wide streamer, with sculpted costume trimmed with gold accents, her right arm held away from her body, and Dresden flowers held in each hand. Excellent condition. Germany, circa 1915, rare gilt-over-white decoration is enhanced by painted hair and tinted complexion of face and hands.