He has the eyes of a porcelain doll, and a vaguely disengaged expression of faint surprise, the eyebrows permanently lifted, lips not quite smiling.

She reminded me of a porcelain doll: a highly intelligent one, of course, but a doll nonetheless.

She wears a constantly false smile that resembles a feature like a porcelain doll and like glass, her face becomes cracked when damaged, revealing a possibly hollow interior.

I spent a lot of time in my bedroom, organising tea parties for my porcelain dolls, toys and teddies.

Yet they are porcelain dolls, with a refinement just too remote.