#271

Two Seated Kewpies in Yellow Chairs
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$450
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4" (10 cm) largest. All-bisque Kewpie with right glancing eyes is seated with folded arms and crossed ankles, on the edge of bisque "wicker" arm chair, marked C. (in circle). Along with a smaller version of the same model. The model was first offered in the 1912 Borgfeldt catalog of Kewpies as #4869; four different "Chair Kewpies" were offered in that catalog: blue ladder back, yellow wicker, green beach wicker, and green upholstered. Germany, circa 1912.