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Description
23" (58 cm.) Pressed bisque socket head with very
pale complexion enhanced by mauve blushing of
eyelids,cheeks and chin,almond-shaped blue/grey
enamel glass eyes with spiral threading and darker
iris rims,dark eyeliner,dark painted short
lashes,feathered brows,shaded nostrils,closed
mouth with accented lips,pierced ears,blonde
lambswool wig over cork pate,French composition
and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with
straight wrists,lovely antique costume. Condition:
generally excellent,faintest 1/2" original typical
firing line at left crown rim,original body and
body finish. Comments: Emile Jumeau,earliest first
period bebe,circa 1877. Value Points:
extraordinary beauty of the very rare earliest
period bebe with finest bisque,modeling and
painting,original body and body finish.