Curious Tiny Hand-painted Porcelain Asian Wise Man on Mound fine antique basket with just a very small

with just a very small amount of loosening/loss of the embroidery in a couple of spots (as documented in photos)

Rooted in a tradition of body painting

threadbare between the flags at top and just below "Powow River" on the front side

and just a fabulous object to have around

"Tales of the Igloo

Curious Tiny Hand-painted Porcelain Asian Wise Man on Mound fine antique basket with just a very smallI am quite smitten with this tiny, gorgeously hand painted little porcelain man rising from this curious round, unglazed base, but I don't know anything about him. I assume with his bald head, long beard, and colorful kimono, that he represents a Buddhist monk but I really have no idea of his age, and have not found another quite like him. He is certainly quite finely painted and feels to me like a pretty special little piece and surely perching him