Black Americana Dancing Figures with Joined Arms vintage Japanese clown toy The body and head are

The body and head are carved of one piece

Navel" (1925) with cutouts in the page that reveal the white page behind it

I imagine this spectacular white glazed

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

Black Americana Dancing Figures with Joined Arms vintage Japanese clown toy The body and head areThere are a wide array of Black Americana wooden dancing figures, but I've never seen another joined pair like this. I imagine that there was once a thin rod or wire that attached to the holes on either side of their arms by which one would hold them up and make them dance, but now they are just as is. I really love the arc of those orange arms, which gives them a sense of movement even while they are standing still plus, there are those black boots!