#65

French Bisque Bebe EJ by Jumeau, Size 10
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$6,000
sold
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22" (56 cm). Bisque socket head, large brown glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner encircles the eyecuts, dark painted lashes, rose blushed eye shadow, widely arched brushstroked and multi- feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with defined space between the outlined lips, separately modeled pierced ears, brunette human hair over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body, straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose E 10 J (head) Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1885. Value Points: very beautiful wide-eyed bebe with entrancing expression, finest quality of bisque and painting, original body, early dress may be original, undergarments, straw bonnet, leather shoes signed "Bebe Jumeau 10".