#74

French Bisque Bebe Steiner, Figure C
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Description
24" (61 cm). Bisque socket head, blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner encircles the eyecut, painted lashes with "dot" highlights, rose blushed eyeshadow, brushstroked and feathered brows, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils, pierced ears, closed mouth with shaded and outlined lips, pierced ears, brunette mohair wig over Steiner pate, French composition and wooden fully jointed body, antique costume including blue woolen double-breasted jacket, undergarments, leather boots. CONDITION: Generally excellent, hands repainted. MARKS: Figure C No. 5 Steiner Bte Paris SGDG (head) Le Petit Parisien Bebe Steiner (body). COMMENTS: Jules Steiner, circa 1889. VALUE POINTS: Beautiful paperweight eyes enhance the fine decorative painting and beautiful bisque, original signed body.