#225

Lovely French Bisque "Paris Bebe" by Jumeau with Highly Characterized Features
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$4,000
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15" (38 cm.) Bisque socket head,blue glass paperweight inset eyes,dark eyeliner,painted lashes,multi-feathered brows,accented eye corners and nostrils,closed mouth,outlined lips,pierced ears,blonde mohair wig over cork pate,French composition and wooden fully-jointed body,pretty red silk dress,undergarments,leather shoes. Condition: generally excellent,some light body retouch,light nose tip rub. Marks: Paris Bebe Tete Depose 6 (head) Paris Depose (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau,circa 1892. Value Points: especially fine quality of sculpting with well-defined distinctive pointy nose,slightly angled eyes,very full cheeks.