Marvelous Painted Papier Mache Circus Lion tiny shoe form It's definitely the paint job

It's definitely the paint job that really makes it--the perfect creamy white and blood red combo

and the little hand-painted windows on the sides

It feels very Zen to me--a completely harmonious balance of form

And then this sweet fish jumping up through the hole in the ice to catch her line

15" x 12 3/8"

Marvelous Painted Papier Mache Circus Lion tiny shoe form It's definitely the paint jobQuite a wonderfully done painted papier mache bust of a lion I'd say rendered as if erupting in a roar through the roof of the big top itself! There is a signature, or part of one on the base that I can't quite decipher, but the whoever the maker they certainly knew what they were doing, imparting this lion with huge personality though deft sculpting and painted details, right down to those bared fangs. Great. 4 13 16"" x 3 7 8" x 3". Excellent