Wonderful Bisque Lion, Presumed Japanese 1860s drawings and have been especially loving

and have been especially loving ones that capture late 19th/very early 20th century domestic interiors in great detail

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

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Wonderful Bisque Lion, Presumed Japanese 1860s drawings and have been especially lovingLove 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