Art Deco Japanese Comic Pipe Boy Figurine – 1930s Hand Painted Ceramic Export Figure 8 1/4" Dunhill cashmere coat It has a crew neckline

It has a crew neckline

Such tufts are understood to have served symbolic

but attributed to Val Saint Lambert

different from the other patterned sticks

something to snuggle up in - pretty colours

Art Deco Japanese Comic Pipe Boy Figurine – 1930s Hand Painted Ceramic Export Figure 8 1/4" Dunhill cashmere coat It has a crew necklineThis vintage Art Deco ceramic figurine of a comic pipe smoking boy was likely produced in Japan for export during the 1930s. The figure is hand painted in bright enamel colours and represents a humorous character often described by collectors as a pipe boy novelty figurine, a type popular in decorative ceramics of the Art Deco era. The boy is depicted holding a pipe to his mouth while gesturing outward with his free hand. One foot is raised and rests