Description
Painted porcelain bisque portrait bust of a young woman, by French sculptor Paul Duboy (1830 -1887). Inscribed on the back: A&L. / Paul. Duboy. SC. The subject has light blue eyes, silvery hair, and her head is turned slightly towards her left. She wears a pale blue plumed hat, a high-collared lavender and purple capelet edged in gold trim, and an intricate gold necklace. Duboy produced multiple copies of many similar decorative porcelain busts and figurines in varying colorways.