Japanese Painted Papier Mache Girl With Lion-Dog Vintage Tabletop Sculpture cat box what a character

what a character

wonderfully detailed small vase is incised and sculpted to resemble the trunk of a tree

The hand-painted details are really wonderful

which I have not tried to polish

I would guess in the early 60s

Japanese Painted Papier Mache Girl With Lion-Dog Vintage Tabletop Sculpture cat box what a characterThis charming papier mch sculpture of Asian girl and lion dog I believe is mid century Japanese. The hand painted details are really wonderful, from the pink cheeks and detailed bib of the little girl to, especially, the mane and ears of her lion dog companion, a mythological creature considered a guardian figure in Japanese culture and a popular subject in Japanese papier mch.