Soulful Gold and Blue Painted Hand-sculpted Clay Eagle! antique Japanese but I think it's better

but I think it's better for being gone

I think his face is terrific

12ʺ w × 16ʺ h and in excellent condition

Size varies slightly but approx 4 1/4" l x 4 1/2" w x 3/4" d (1 1/16" including nail

Soulful Gold and Blue Painted Hand-sculpted Clay Eagle! antique Japanese but I think it's betterIf ever there were an empathetic eagle, I think this may one himsquawking very loudly at me to bring him home! I assume made by a kid in art class, though perhaps by a folk artist with a lot of heart, hes got a brilliant humanity, with these black painted eyes with deep holes for the pupils at their centers, and then exuberantly incised lines for feathers all over. Perfectly painted gold with, rather inexplicably, a slightly metallic blue around his