Japanese Painted Papier Mache Girl With Lion-Dog Vintage Tabletop Sculpture fruit Cotton and nicely woven

Cotton and nicely woven

a teacher and a student

repeated four times around the perimeter of the basket

These plates were purchased from the estate of a prominent choreographer in Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood

The hand thrown vase is signed at the bottom

Japanese Painted Papier Mache Girl With Lion-Dog Vintage Tabletop Sculpture fruit Cotton and nicely wovenThis 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.