Miniature Nemuri Neko Sleeping Cat In 2\" Basket Handmade Japan Kawaii *NIB*VTG* For Sale

**PLEASE NOTE: These are being sold individually, with a discount for buying two or all three (contact seller with your choice). Choose from:

1. Bisque white cat with black spots on a light blue pillow in a blue-patterned paper box
2. Glazed black cat on a red-and-white striped pillow in a orange-patterned paper box
3. Bisque white cat with black spots on a red pillow in a blue-patterned paper box (this cat lives in a mislabeled box - it says s/he is black not white)

Each cat measures just 3/4\" long and rests in a 2\" high x 1\" diameter basket for a total weight of only 1/10 to 2/10 of an ounce. Each box measures 2.25\" l x 1.75\" w x 1.5\" h, and weighs either .4 or .45 oz with cat inside.

Purchased in the 1990s and packed away for the past 20+ years. All three were kept in a paper bag from the Peabody & Essex Museum in Salem, MA, so I am assuming they might have been purchased there. Another possibility is Ginza Things Japanese, a popular gift shop on Connecticut Ave. near Dupont Circle in Washington, DC (in business, 1955-2014). Regardless of where these cute little kitties came from, I doubt they were ever taken out of their boxes and woken up.

From a smoke-free home.