#138

Beautiful French Bisque Bebe Triste by Emile Jumeau
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$15,500
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28" (72 cm.) Pressed bisque socket head with very full cheeks,blue glass paperweight inset eyes,dark eyeliner,painted lashes,mauve blushed eye shadow,brush-stroked and multi-feathered brows,accented eye corners,shaded nostrils,closed mouth with outlined lips,dimpled chin,separately modeled pierced ears,brunette human hair over cork pate,French composition and wooden fully jointed body with straight wrists,nicely costumed in antique dress,undergarments,stockings,cream kid shoes,lace wide-brimmed bonnet. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 13 (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau,circa 1885. Value Points: wonderful definition of facial features enhanced by fine creamy bisque,artistically painted facial features,original body and body finish.