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19" (48 cm.) A bisque-head lady with heart-shaped face and amber-tinted complexion, narrow brown glass inset eyes, dark eyeliner, long painted brown lashes and thick brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with very full lips, pierced ears, dark brunette mohair wig in upswept fashion over cork pate, slender carton torso and legs, wire upper arms, and amber-tinted bisque forearms, is posed upon a velvet covered platform. She is holding a wooden tea set and is wearing fine silk and brocade Chinese costume. When wound, the lady elegantly turns her head side to side, then inclines her head as though offering tea; she then lifts the tea pot and, in a refined and gracious manner, "pours" the tea and extends the tray as though serving. Music plays throughout. Condition: generally excellent, mechanism and music function well. Comments: Leopold Lambert, circa 1888, with portrait bisque head commissioned from Jumeau and sculpted exclusively for this luxury automaton model. Value Points: the outstanding facial model with superb bisque enhances the elegant movement of the rare automaton; with original paper tune label "La Coquette".