Big Old Folk Art Carved Pink Rat! white Japanese vase I don't think it would

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

I'd add it to a beautiful brush collection

with a fair amount of detail evident with close looking

Excellent all the way around (including the unpainted back view

Some staining to the paper wrap as evident

Big Old Folk Art Carved Pink Rat! white Japanese vase I don't think it wouldA 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