Japanese Hand-painted Porcelain Daruma Figure tall lidded copper box in addition to a nice

in addition to a nice Northeast Coast Native basket

handwoven on a backstop loom

I do know it is an extremely lovely little thing

one can definitely feel the love and care of their maker

with a tubular glass insert for holding a flower or two

Japanese Hand-painted Porcelain Daruma Figure tall lidded copper box in addition to a niceThis 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.