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11" (28 cm.) Bisque socket head, brown glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, mauve-blushed eyeshadow, brushstroked brows with feathered details, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with pale 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: generally excellent. Marks: 11 (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1884, his important signature model known as Bebe Triste, sculpted under commission by Carrier-Belleuse. Value Points: an especially lovely example of the sought-after bebe with wistful expression, finest bisque and painting, original early body, lovely antique cotton and lace dress and bonnet, undergarments, leather shoes.