$75,000
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Description
22" (56 cm.) Bisque socket head with highly characterized features depicting a child with
delightful broad smile,very deep blue glass paperweight inset eyes,sculpted laughter lines
around the eyes,painted long curly lashes,dark eyeliner,brush-stroked and feathered widely-
arched brows,nicely shaped nose with shaded nostrils,closed mouth in broad infectious smile
with accented lips separated by a row of sculpted teeth,impressed laughter creases at sides
and above the mouth,impressed philtrum dimple,separately sculpted pierced ears,blonde
mohair wig over cork pate,French composition and wooden eight loose-ball-jointed body with
straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 203 Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG 10
(head) Jumeau Medaille dOr Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau,from his "series
fantastique" created in the early 1890s as part of a very exclusive luxury line,produced only
on special commission or for exhibition purposes; the cost of the 200 series characters was
nine times that of a classic bebe. Value Points: an exceptional example of a joyful child with
delighted laughing expression,having finest sculpting and lustrous bisque with dewy
patina,signed Jumeau body,and superb rich golden silk antique costume with rich
embroidered lace trims,undergarments,ruffled and lace bonnet,and original Jumeau
stockings,and leather shoes impressed ""Paris Depose 10" with bee symbol for Jumeau.