$12,000
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Description
15" (38 cm.) Bisque socket head,blue glass sleep
and side-glancing googly eyes,thick painted eye
liner encircles the eye cuts,painted
lashes,angled brows with ochre shading,upturned
pug nose,closed mouth with watermelon-slice-
shaped lips,brunette mohair bobbed wig over
plaster pate,composition and wooden ball-jointed
toddler body,nicely costumed. Condition:
generally excellent. Marks: g made in Germany 11
JDK 221 Ges Gesch. Comments: Kestner,circa
1912,their googly model inspired by Kewpie. Value
Points: wonderful example of the impish character
with outstanding quality of bisque and
painting,original body and body finish.