#222

French Bisque Bebe Jumeau with Rare Lady Body from the Anne Rice Collection
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$6,000
sold
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Description
27" (69 cm.) Bisque socket head,blue glass paperweight inset eyes,dark eyeliner,lushly-painted lashes,brush-stroked brows,accented nostrils and eye corners,closed mouth with shaded and outlined lips,pierced ears,hand-tied antique human hair wig in wheat-blonde color over cork pate,French composition and wooden fully-jointed body with very voluptuous shaping of torso. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau SGDG 12 (head,along with artist checkmarks) Bebe Jumeau Bte SGDG Depose (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau,circa 1888. Value Points: fine quality bisque and painting,waist-length antique wig,rare body style,along with antique costume comprising white embroidered blouse,skirt,stockings,French leather shoes impressed with full figure of doll,blue woolen coat and luxurious white fur stole.