Carved African Ebony Lion with Bone Teeth and Tongue meiji lacquer oil on cardboard and just

oil on cardboard and just over 5”x7”

there is plenty of light scratching

There is some spotting on the unglazed clay in the recesses of the sculpture

especially as I’ve never seen one like it before

Carved African Ebony Lion with Bone Teeth and Tongue meiji lacquer oil on cardboard and justWhat I love about this vintage carved lion is its very long tongue! It's made of bone and painted with a red stripe down the middle, then framed by bone fangs on either side making for quite a dramatic portrayal of a creature on the prowl! The eyes are bone too, and the rest of it carved of ebony. Made it in Africa I believe and probably at least a few decades old. Overall good condition. There are a couple of splits scrapes on the surface of its