Wonderful Bisque Lion, Presumed Japanese 1860s drawings half white ears

half white ears

and then her great simply painted face

I just love the rendering of all of these very particular surgical tools together

including sitting open on a desk holding pencils or pens

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

Wonderful Bisque Lion, Presumed Japanese 1860s drawings half white earsLove 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