#431

Gorgeous Early French Bisque Portrait Bebe by Emile Jumeau
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$2,750
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15" (38 cm.) Bisque socket head, wide eye sockets with grey glass enamel inset eyes with spiral threading and pronounced black pupils, dark eyeliner, painted lashes and brows, rose blushed eye shadow, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with pale accented lips, pierced ears, blonde lambswool wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with straight wrists, costume included with wonderful antique undergarments and black leather shoes signed with impressed figure of doll (Alart). Condition: generally excellent, chip at center forehead rim with 1 1/4" emanating faint hairline, original body and body finish. Comments: Emile Jumeau, his earliest period bebe with splendid eyes, very beautiful complexion and painting of features, original earliest Jumeau bebe body with original finish.