#226

Pretty French Bisque Bebe by Bru with Signed Bru Wooden Body
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$7,500
sold
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Description
15"(38 cm.) Bisque socket head,blue glass paperweight inset eyes,dark eyeliner,painted lashes,rose blushed eye shadow. fringed brows,accented nostrils and eye corners,closed mouth with outlined lips,brunette mohair wig over cork pate,fully-jointed wooden body with composition hands. Condition: generally excellent,Marks: Bru Jne 5 (head) Bebe Bru (body stamp). Comments: Bru,Girard epoch,circa 1889. Value Points: very sweet faced bebe with excellent bisque and decoration,luminous complexion,original signed body,(frail) rose silk dress,possibly Au Nain Bleu.