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$6,750
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- Estimate
- $5,000 / $7,000
Description
28" (71 cm.) Bisque socket head with rounded plump face, large blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes with dot highlights, lightly feathered brows, rose-blushed eyeshadow, shaded nostrils, pierced ears, closed mouth with outlined lips, impressed chin dimple at philtrum, blonde mohair wig, Steiner pate, Steiner composition fully-jointed body with jointed wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Sie C 6 (incised). Comments: Jules Steiner, circa 1880. Value Points: an especially beautiful model of the early period rare bebe, with finest quality of bisque, complexion and painting, original body and body finish, and superb original costume.