Japanese Figure Depicting Stylized Baboon

Small rounded form with a flat gold-flecked front and rusty red blotches.

This cast iron figure of a stylized baboon from Japan is from Japan, and dates to the mid 20th century. Figures like this are usually cast in two halves that are joined, which leaves a faint seam along the sides of the body. Rounded body with a flat, angled face of golden flecked metal and a notched tab above it. Red and dark brown paint covers the shoulders and curved surfaces, with pale scrapes where it has worn. It is 2.75 inches wide, 3 deep and 3 high.

Plain in its shape and rich in its wear.