Wonderful Bisque Lion, Presumed Japanese Godey's There is a bit of

There is a bit of roughness/splitting to the along the edges of the bottom corners

which I imagine is what spurred its creation to begin with

And held in those teeth on the other side is what I'd have to guess is hardened fat from combing flax or hemp or wool

from from Indonesian puppets to mid-century studio pottery

and is pretty rare

Wonderful Bisque Lion, Presumed Japanese Godey's There is a bit ofLove 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