#245

A Fine French Bisque Bebe Steiner, Series C with Antique Costume
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$8,000
sold
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21" (53 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, rose blushed eye shadow, thickly fringed brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with accented lips, pierced ears, lambswool wig over Steiner pate, Steiner composition fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Jules Steiner, circa 1885. Value Points: appealing shy expression, excellent bisque and painting, original body, wearing antique brown woolen and velvet dress, undergarments, stockings, leather shoes, velvet bonnet with feather, velvet purse.