Japanese Ceramic Tanuki Raccoon Dog Statue Vtg Pottery Good Luck Okimono ST86 display This item is a vintage

This item is a vintage hand-painted shikishi art board showing the reproductive stems of horsetails and a snake standing

Small paper residue on the upper of the print

43 cm long x 31

170 cm long x 49 cm wide

Japanese Ceramic Tanuki Raccoon Dog Statue Vtg Pottery Good Luck Okimono ST86 display This item is a vintageVintage Japanese Ceramic Tanuki Statue This is a vintage ceramic tanuki (raccoon dog) statue. It is hand sculpted and uses a rustic dark brown and beige glaze. Tanuki are a popular symbol of success and good luck, and are often found outside businesses. Like on most statues of this kind, the tanuki is holding a bankbook or ledger in one hand. There is supposed to be a sake bottle in the other hand, but this piece is missing (there is a hole for where