Big Old Folk Art Carved Pink Rat! white Japanese vase Some staining to the paper

Some staining to the paper wrap as evident

Drawings are all done in pencil

with a fair amount of detail evident with close looking

with a bit of gold paint loss/rusting to the base

I'd add it to a beautiful brush collection

Big Old Folk Art Carved Pink Rat! white Japanese vase Some staining to the paperA great one! The carving of this pink polychromed, wooden rat reminds me a lot of old carved folk art ice fishing decoys, just absent lead weights on the underside of its paws or belly. What a face, what a tail, and who doesn't need an 8 inch long pink rat to set somewhere, feeling like a pet but happily to my mind at least not an animate one. With wonderfully carved ears, nailed on painted disks (sequins?) for eyes, and what appears to be fishing