Old Composition Pig with Blue Eyes and Unusual Spring Tail painted wooden cat This is the smaller of

This is the smaller of two lovely Burmese bamboo lacquer betel boxes currently in the shop

and the delicate drawing itself

This charming little painting is not dated but it is signed

Indonesia I believe

and/or inkstone

Old Composition Pig with Blue Eyes and Unusual Spring Tail painted wooden cat This is the smaller ofI've had a couple of old pink composition pigs, smaller than this one, that were made as candy containers, but this guy is just his own thing I've seen similar described as butcher shop display pieces, but he's not that big so I'm not sure. (His very animating spring tail, which I've not seen before, would make him very engaging at the check out counter!) Anyway, quite an excellent pig, with great face and piercing blue eyes, and it really is near