Japanese Painted Papier Mache Girl With Lion-Dog Vintage Tabletop Sculpture fruit These plates were purchased from

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

75ʺd × 4

I believe this is Chinese and dates from the 1950s or so

a teacher and a student

make the form feel earthy and organic

Japanese Painted Papier Mache Girl With Lion-Dog Vintage Tabletop Sculpture fruit These plates were purchased fromThis 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.