#363

Beautiful French Bisque Painted Eye Poupee Attributed to Doleac
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$5,000
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19" (48 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulder plate,oval face with full cheeks,aquiline nose,elongated throat,painted blue eyes with shaded detail,black upper eyeliner,painted curly lashes,feathered brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth with shaded and outlined lips,dimpled chin,unpierced ears,brunette human hair wig over cork pate,kid gusset-jointed body with shapely torso,stitched and separated fingers. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: attributed to Doleac,circa 1870,Value Points: rare model with very distinctive refined face,lovely bisque and painting,beautiful antique linen costume with brown velvet banding and silk fringe,velvet bonnet,undergarments,leather boots.