Japanese Hand-painted Porcelain Daruma Figure vintage vase hand-painted in underglaze blue with

hand-painted in underglaze blue with stylised flowerheads at their centers and loop and dot borders

Handmade in Portugal

who was the importer and distributor for these wares in NYC

educated at Mass Art

which can be a bit much for me—but I am a huge fan of this particular vase

Japanese Hand-painted Porcelain Daruma Figure vintage vase hand-painted in underglaze blue withThis 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.