Fine Early French Wooden-Bodied Poupee with Rare Bisque Arms and Lower Legs

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17" (43 cm.) Pale bisque swivel head on bisque shoulder plate,very plump face and cheeks,small cobalt blue glass enamel inset eyes,outlined eye sockets,delicately painted lashes and brows,accented eye corners and nostrils,closed mouth with outlined lips,unpierced ears,blonde lambswool wig over cork pate,stretched- kid over wooden body with shapely torso,dowel-jointing at hips,knees,shoulders and elbows,bisque lower arms and hands with curled fingers and dimpled knuckles,bisque lower legs and bare feet,antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: French,circa 1860. Value Points: rarity factors of the fine early poupee including cobalt eyes,wooden body,bisque lower limbs with beautifully-sculpted details.