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$6,000
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- Estimate
- $3,000 / $3,700
Description
17" (43 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulderplate, narrow blue glass eyes with spiral threading and darker blue iris rims, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with slightly-upturned lip corners forming an enigmatic smile, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French all-wooden poupee body with dowel-jointing at shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees and ankles, and with ball-swivel waist. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: F. Comments: Leon Casimir Bru, the poupee is all original, with Bru's 1867 deposed wooden body and portrait face model deposed in 1872. Value Points: sought after poupee with finest bisque and painting, original wooden body with extra deluxe articulations.