$14,000
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14" (36 cm.) Pressed bisque socket head, almond-shaped blue glass enamel inset eyes with spiral threading, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, brushstroked and feathered brows, mauve eye shadow, accented nostrils, closed mouth with shaded and outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde lambswool wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with straight wrists, lovely antique costume, bonnet, undergarments, early French leather shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 4 (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1878, his luxury early-period bebe known as portrait model. Value Points: the rarity of the early bebe is rivaled by its great beauty of modeling, eyes, bisque and painting, original body and body finish.