#55

Collection of Five German All-Bisque Kewpies
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$1,000
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Description

10" (25 cm.) largest. Each is all-bisque Kewpie in classic standing pose, with loop-jointed arms, starfish-shaped fingers, modeled topknot and forelock curls, right side-glancing eyes with decorative glaze, blue wings, thin line impish smile. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: O'Neill (impressed on feet) (two with original chest and back paper labels). Comments: Kewpie, circa 1912, produced in Germany. Value Points: delightful graduated size set of the Rose O'Neill characters.