Large Kewpie Made by Fulper with Red Cross Nursing Hat

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9" (23 cm.) All-bisque Kewpie in classic standing pose has one-piece head, torso and legs, loop-jointed arms, deeply-modeled forelock curl, topknot and pronounced side curls, blue wings, painted large side-glancing eyes, dash brows, loop-jointed bisque arms, wearing original waffle-pique nurse's cap with Red Cross logo. Excellent condition. Marked CMU (in triangle) Fulper (in vertical oval) Made in USA. American, Fulper, c. 1917, from Rose O'Neill design. Examples from the American firm are quite rare and made for a very limited time only.