Wonderful Bisque Lion, Presumed Japanese antique charcoal I think likely ink from

I think likely ink from the back of another it was stacked with

2 3/4” opening

Baldwin in 1850

including serving as publisher

Wonderful Bisque Lion, Presumed Japanese antique charcoal I think likely ink fromLove at first sight with this lounging lion, whose face and posture and attitude strike me as just right. I have done some searching but found no match of him out there; I think he is likely Japanese based on the exposed bisque underside, but there is no mark anywhere that I see. He's quite well done, with fine incised texture for the fur, and nicely variegated graduated color, from the red of the mane and tail to the brown of the body. A bit of a