$7,000
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Description
22" (56 cm.) Bisque socket head with plump lower face, deep blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, mauve blushed eyeshadow, brush-stroked brows with feathered details, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with outlined shaded lips, separately-applied pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with straight wrists, pretty antique silk and lace costume, undergarments, stocks, and leather boots. Condition: generally excellent, original early body and body finish. Marks: 10 (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, the early period luxury bebe known as "portrait". Value Points: exquisite beauty of the delicately-blushed bebe with impressed dimples at lip corners, chin, and philtrum, finest quality of bisque and painting; the bebe holds a fine beaded bag, and a bone-handled French poupard with bisque head, blue glass eyes, and original silk costume.