Japanese Painted Papier Mache Girl With Lion-Dog Vintage Tabletop Sculpture Sparta pottery The lacquer is in excellent

The lacquer is in excellent condition

While totally functional

And I swear

decorated with gold and silver flowers and flourishes

25" or so in height)

Japanese Painted Papier Mache Girl With Lion-Dog Vintage Tabletop Sculpture Sparta pottery The lacquer is in excellentThis charming papier mch sculpture of Asian girl and lion dog I believe is mid century Japanese. The hand painted details are really wonderful, from the pink cheeks and detailed bib of the little girl to, especially, the mane and ears of her lion dog companion, a mythological creature considered a guardian figure in Japanese culture and a popular subject in Japanese papier mch.