Japanese Hand-painted Porcelain Daruma Figure vintage vase It's seen some play I

It's seen some play I think

The two drawer box features dovetailed corners on the back side

who was the importer and distributor for these wares in NYC

Handmade in Portugal

including Breuer

Japanese Hand-painted Porcelain Daruma Figure vintage vase It's seen some play IThis 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.