Carved, Jointed Wooden Ballerina Mannequin, Signed vintage turquoise pin Just a gorgeous Japanese platter

Just a gorgeous Japanese platter

It has seen some use

I think it is quite a wonderful little thing

with stony brown around the middle

10 inches long

Carved, Jointed Wooden Ballerina Mannequin, Signed vintage turquoise pin Just a gorgeous Japanese platterI am not sure if this figure once wore a costume, but I do believe she is meant to be a ballerina, with this sort of fascinator esque hair piece, I assume enclosing her chignon. She's not exactly my usual taste, but I just couldn't pass her by, thinking about all of the effort that went into her making and I also really rather love her strange face, with these giant cat like blue eyes. The extremely ballerina esque exaggerated lengths of her jointed