Sweetly Ferocious Wooden Folk Art Leopard painting of boy There is some paper inside

There is some paper inside the lid as cushioning for the glass

like a sun

/ His inward bosom to disguise

though I have no idea whence he came

good for hanging

Sweetly Ferocious Wooden Folk Art Leopard painting of boy There is some paper insideHard to refuse happiness inducing creatures, which this guy, for me at least, is 100%. Such a great face, with these huge yellow eyes and wide open, fanged mouth, plus very gestural white whiskers and intensively painted spots all over. Nicely crude in execution, too, with irregularly shaped head and ears and a rectangle nailed on top of the body for a tail. Plus flowers painted all over the blue base. Quite a character, and pretty fabulous! 6 3 4" l