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Description
28" (71 cm.) Bisque socket head with very full cheeks, large brown glass paperweight inset eyes, thick dark eyeliner, painted lashes, mauve blushed eye shadow, brushstroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with defined space between the outlined lips, separately-modeled pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body with plump limbs and straight wrists, antique day dress with silk ribbon trim. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 13 (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1882, the Bebe Triste model sculpted Carrier-Belleuse. Value Points: the distinctive facial model is beautifully accomplished on this example with choicest bisque and painting, original body and body finish, and with original boutique label for the Parisian toy store of A La Tentation.