Wonderful Bisque Lion, Presumed Japanese 1860s drawings Goodness is real greatness

Goodness is real greatness

It’s not too often that I buy a piece of Asian lacquerware

and for me his posture embodies a sense of readiness and forward-looking

and with a bit of a knowingness to her gaze despite her youth

Wonderful Bisque Lion, Presumed Japanese 1860s drawings Goodness is real greatnessLove at first sight with this lounging lion, whose face and posture and attitude strike me as just right. I have done some searching but found no match of him out there; I think he is likely Japanese based on the exposed bisque underside, but there is no mark anywhere that I see. He's quite well done, with fine incised texture for the fur, and nicely variegated graduated color, from the red of the mane and tail to the brown of the body. A bit of a