#75

Petite French Bisque Poupee with Bisque Forearms
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$2,200
sold
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Description
10" (25 cm.) Pale bisque shoulder head with rounded facial shape,large cobalt blue glass inset eyes,dark painted eyeliner,painted lashes,feathered brows,accented nostrils and eye corners,closed mouth with center accent line,un-pierced ears,and blonde lambswool wig over cork pate. She has a kid poupee body with gusset-jointed hips and knees,kid-over-wooden upper arms,pale bisque forearms from above the elbow and forming into beautifully sculpted fingers,and is wearing an antique two piece gown,undergarments and blue slippers. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: French,circa 1865,in the manner of Blampoix. Value Points: rare petite size with dramatic eyes,bisque forearms with wonderfully sculpted hands.