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Description
19" (48 cm.) Bisque socket head with very full elongated cheeks, blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, heavy eyelids, painted lashes, mauve-blushed eye shadow, brushstroked and feathered brows, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with outlined lips, separately-modeled pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: half-quarter size one-piece chip and reglue at crown rim. Generally excellent. Marks: 9 (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, the model known as Bebe Triste, sculpted by Carrier-Belleuse under commission by Emile Jumeau, circa 1884. Value Points: beautiful dreamy-eyed bebe with lovely bisque, painting, original body and body finish, original wig and lovely antique costume.