Big Old Folk Art Carved Pink Rat! white Japanese vase Excellent all the way around

Excellent all the way around (including the unpainted back view

To ship to New York/New England

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

I don't think it would be a bad idea to drain a toothpaste tube into it yet

The long arm folds down to rest inside of a groove carved into the side of the handle--though at this point it doesn't   close quite all the way in

Big Old Folk Art Carved Pink Rat! white Japanese vase Excellent all the way aroundA 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