#340

German All-Bisque Kewpie with Rare Original Wig
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$250
sold
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Description
5"(13 cm.) Kewpie. 7"including wig. One-piece all-bisque Kewpie with sculpted topknot,side curls and forelock curl,large black left-glancing eyes,thick painted lashes,one stroke "dot"brows,closed mouth with thin line smile,sculpted blue wings,loop-jointed bisque arms and legs. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: O'Neill (feet). Comments: Kewpie,designed by Rose O'Neill,circa 1920. Value Points: the doll has an original very high fancy wig in a stylized parody designed during the early 1920s and produced both in this bisque version and in composition models (see lot #339).