Definition: Glazed porcelain used for making dolls heads, very popular in the mid 1800s. Some experts simply refer to the china dollmaking material as porcelain, and unglazed bisque as bisque.
Low-brow china dolls (so named because their molded hair has bangs which hang low on the dolls' brow) are one of the most common antique dolls.
Also Known As: porcelain, glazed bisque
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The china doll was rare because it had exposed ears and an elaborate molded coiffure.
