Extremely Rare Kewpie with Sailor Cap Bursting from Egg

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4.5" w. The head, arms, upper torso and right leg of an all-bisque Kewpie are modeled to be bursting from the side of a broken egg shell; Kewpie has sculpted blue sailor cap with black band, painted side-glancing eyes, blue wings, and arms extended. Excellent condition. With red paper Kewpie label on hat crown. Germany, c. 1915, from original O'Neill designs, from the O'Neill series of Kewpies bursting from broken egg shells. Variations on the bursting-from-an-egg theme exist, each is different in pose, animation, hat (or none), and very few have been found in other than one-of-a kind production. Each is extremely rare.