Japanese Hand-painted Porcelain Daruma Figure orange and blac just look at those epaulets

just look at those epaulets

and each piece in the set is wonderfully unique

to mark passage from exterior to interior

16 inches tall x 12" wide

to flourish

Japanese Hand-painted Porcelain Daruma Figure orange and blac just look at those epauletsThis curious character is an antique Japanese porcelain Daruma figure. There are a wide array of Daruma out there, modeled after Bodhidharma, the founder of Zen Buddhism, and typically depicted as a red robed bearded man, as he is here. This is about my favorite example of all I've seen, with a wonderfully expressive face, wide nose, and painted eyes directed skyward, plus he has these finely and emphatically painted eyebrows, beard and chest hair.