Rare Kewpie Croquet Player and Kewpie Cobbler

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3.5" (9 cm.) - 4.5". Each is all-bisque one-piece, with forelock, topknot, side-glancing eyes and blue wings, including standing Kewpie holding a croquet mallet in arms and with croquet ball at feet (restoration of body); along with seated Kewpie holding a polishing brush in right hand, and balancing a black boot on outstretched legs, about to polish the boots (broken, reglued, all pieces intact), marked c. in circle. Germany, c. 1915, two rare models.