#175

German All-Bisque Kewpie Soldier Taking Aim
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$700
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4" (10 cm.) All-bisque Kewpie lying on stomach with one foot in air, is wearing sculpted Civil War soldier cap, black belt with sabre, and aiming his rifle at a little lady bug that is crawling across the rim of the tray on which he is lying. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1915. Value Points: rare model from the Kewpie Civil War series, he is sculpted with amusing squinted eye as though aiming carefully.