Japanese Hand-painted Porcelain Daruma Figure orange and blac to flourish

to flourish

and each piece in the set is wonderfully unique

black glazed with the fish rendered in sgraffito

no cracks or chips that I can see

drawing a curve

Japanese Hand-painted Porcelain Daruma Figure orange and blac to flourishThis 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.