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$3,200
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- Estimate
- $5,500 / $6,500
Description
18" (46 cm.) Bisque socket head with very plump lower cheeks, large brown glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, rose blushed eye shadow, brushstroked brows with feathered detail, accented nostrils, closed mouth with very full outlined lips, impressed dimple at philtrum, separately-modeled pierced ears, auburn human hair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden eight-loose-ball jointed body with straight wrists, lovely antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: C (or 6) EJ (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1878, early premiere model with especially beautiful painting of lips.