#20

French Bisque Portrait Asian Poupee Attributed to Barrois with Wooden Body
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$9,500
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15" (38 cm). Pale bisque swivel head on bisque shoulder plate, amber tinted blush on cheeks and chin, brown glass eyes inset in slanted eye cuts, painted lashes, slanted feathered brows, accented eye corners and nostrils, closed mouth with center accent line, pierced ears, brunette mohair wig over cork pate, all-wooden body with shapely torso, dowel-jointing at shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips and knees. Condition: generally excellent, chips at wooden toes. Comments: attributed to Eugene Constant Barrois, circa 1868; an identical model with EB signature appears in Encyclopedia of French Dolls. The doll was likely designed to appeal to international visitors to the prestigious 1865 Universal Exposition in Paris. Value Points: very rare model with superb quality of bisque, sculpting and painting, rare wooden body, exquisite antique costume.