Japanese Ceramic Celadon Sheep Figure Vtg Zodiac Small Hitsuji Decoration BD990 coaster Design: oval dots

Design: oval dots

A gap in the inner plate of the box

Antique Japanese Soroban Practice Book

For place the tea ceremony tools

Japanese Ceramic Celadon Sheep Figure Vtg Zodiac Small Hitsuji Decoration BD990 coaster Design: oval dotsVtg Japanese Ceramic Sheep Zodiac Decoration This is a vintage Japanese ceramic figurine of a sitting sheep. It has a light blue celadon glaze and a simplistic style with plum blossoms on the sides. It has a hole at the top that can be used as a pen holder or even as a tiny flower vase. Sheep, or hitsuji, is one of the twelve signs of Japanese Zodiac (Junishi). There is a sign for each year and a full cycle is repeated after 12 years. It is common to