#330

German All-Bisque Kewpie in Original Box
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$400
sold
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Description
6 1/2" (17 cm.) One-piece bisque head,torso and legs modeled together,modeled topknot,side curls and forelock curl,blue wings,painted side-glancing googly eyes with thickly-fringed upper lashes,dot brows,closed mouth with impish smile,loop-jointed bisque arms and legs with starfish-shaped hands. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: ONeill (feet). Comments: Kewpie,designed by Rose ONeill,made in Germany,circa 1915. Value Points: the larger size Kewpie is preserved in its original presentation box with labels,poems and illustrations.