#296

French Bisque Character, 238, by SFBJ with Rare Lady Body
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$3,600
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22" (56 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass enamel inset eyes, brown painted curly lashes, incised eye liner, brush-stroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils, open mouth, shaded and accented lips, row of porcelain teeth, brunette human hair hand-tied wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body with adult female shaped torso, elongated slender limbs. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: SFBJ 238 Paris 8. Comments: SFBJ, circa 1915. Value Points: fine larger model with excellent detail of sculpting, fine quality delicately-complexioned bisque, wearing antique costume, undergarments, stockings, leather boots, silk bonnet, carrying French market basket of old silk flowers.