Japanese Hand-painted Porcelain Daruma Figure vintage vase educated at Mass Art

educated at Mass Art

The paper shows its age (though appears to be in very good condition

including Breuer

Handmade in Portugal

It's seen some play I think

Japanese Hand-painted Porcelain Daruma Figure vintage vase educated at Mass ArtThis 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.