Japanese Hand-painted Porcelain Daruma Figure woman on horseback long necks

long necks

shape and style of painting I’d guess it’s American and dates to the mid to late 19th century

At some point it must have been glued to a base or part of some larger scenario

this one a round painter duster with dark

It measures 5 1/4" in diameter and 2 1/4" tall

Japanese Hand-painted Porcelain Daruma Figure woman on horseback long necksThis 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.