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This curious character is an antique Japanese porcelain Daruma figure

It appears there is a bit of old black fabric running under and just showing (barely) along the interior edges of the columns

) I also love that there is an extra bit of porcelain stuck to the sole on one side

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New Favorite Thing, Perfectly Interlocking Two Piece Steel Worker's Whimsy (?) uso dancers This curious character is anHard to capture the satisfying weight of this when held in the hand, or the very satisfying way one piece fits into the other, and the two hold together, as if by magnetic force, but they are not magnets. Cut of iron steel thick enough to stand on its side, with the two pieces arranged in various configurations, like small scale sculpture. Perhaps this was made by as a practice exercise in cutting squarely, or maybe by a steel worker as a whimsy of