"Yeah, antique German and French bisque dolls in the 19th century was often created as children's playthings, but bisque dolls are predominantly made directly for the collectors market.
Most bisque dolls head is made of bisque porcelain and the is body made out of another material.
Bisque is unglazed porcelain that has a matte finish, giving the doll a
realistic skin texture. It is usually tinted or painted in a realistic skin color. The bisque head is attached to a body made from cloth or leather material, or a jointed body made of wood." He flips to the next Power slide. "Now you have the paddle doll. This doll is dated from 2030 B.C.E. to 1802 B.C.E. Paddle dolls is a kind of ancient Egyptian female figure object that have been excavated from different tombs. Paddle dolls were found in burials from the late Sixth Dynasty to the Thirteenth Dynasty all the way from tombs in Asasif.
They are made out of thin pieces of wood that depicts the torso of a woman with truncated arms and no legs. Thick hair all over the head is represented by small beads with strings, that is usually made from black mud. The necks are often adorned with collars, and the torso has a patterned textile. Okay you have the doll of Crepereia Tryphaena from the second century AD. Creperia Tryphaena was a real woman, a young woman, she was about 20 years old, whose receptacle was found during the excavation works, that started in 1889 for the foundation of the Palace of Justice. The objects found in her sarcophagus were pieces of a funeral outfit, including a sculpted doll.
The doll is 23 cm tall. It is not a common toy you would see in stores, but it is a work of art with a nicely sculpted face, almost as if it were a portrait. The technical skill of the craftsman who made Creperia Tryphaena doll also stands out in the body with movable joints, legs and arms that is connected to the trunk with small pins. Now you have the..."
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The bell rings. "Okay class, tomorrow we will catch up furthermore on the rest of the texts of various doll making, please read those chapters we discussed because you may have a pop quiz on them.
Jasmine could not wait to hear more about more other dolls tomorrow.
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