Vintage Set of 6 Japanese-Style Figurines
Viridian Eclection
The Set
Six small figurines in the Japanese manner, each modeled on a faux rock or stone-look base.
The figures are individually posed, some seated and some standing, and each carries a distinct gesture or object. Among them are a fan, an instrument, a basket and a staff.
The palette is warm and earthy, worked across robe folds, facial features and textured bases: ochre, tan, terracotta, muted red, moss green, black and warm brown.
The material appears to be resin or a ceramic composite with a painted finish. The painting is hand finished, which gives the group a storybook quality and keeps no two figures quite the same.
History & Provenance
No maker and no origin are confirmed from the images, so the attribution rests on idiom and construction alone.
Numbers appear on some of the figures, including No. 4 and No. 7. Because those numbers are not consecutive across the six, the group was most likely drawn from a larger numbered series rather than issued as a set of six.
The subjects belong to the decorative giftware tradition of Japanese-style figures made for export, in which recognizable types were modeled small and painted by hand for the shelf and the curio cabinet. No date appears on the pieces, so the period is to be confirmed.
Product Details
| Item Type | Figurine set |
| Quantity | Set of 6 |
| Era | Vintage. No date appears on the pieces, so the period is to be confirmed |
| Maker | No maker or origin confirmed from the images |
| Materials | Likely resin or ceramic composite with a painted finish |
| Form | Japanese-style character figurines with varied poses and accessories |
| Figure Details | Seated and standing figures with fan, instrument, basket, staff and gesture variations |
| Base Style | Faux rock or stone-look bases |
| Color | Ochre, tan, terracotta, red, green, black and warm brown tones |
| Marks | Numbered examples visible in the photographs, including No. 4 and No. 7 |
| Dimensions | To be confirmed |
| Condition | Vintage condition with age consistent wear. Photographs should be reviewed closely for paint wear, surface marks and base condition |
Why It Belongs in Your Home
Small figures work in a group because the variation between them is what holds the eye. Six poses give a shelf a rhythm that one object, however good, cannot.
They are easy to place. Set on stacked books, inside a curio cabinet, along a library shelf or into a tabletop vignette, they ask for very little space and return a good deal of character.
The rock bases ground them visually, so the group reads as a scene rather than as a row. For a collector of vintage giftware, or a decorator assembling an eclectic shelf, the appeal is that the set is specific: warm color, hand painting and a story in each figure.
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