Still Life with Book and Writing Tools - Exquisite Antique Chinese Pith Painting us embossing co it is hard to get

it is hard to get proper lighting on the face(s) and body at the same time

Photos show all blocks included as well as condition of box

I love that there are handwritten numbers at the joints of this old cut paper valentine figure--just to make sure one didn't mix up the arms and legs

has a great form and features what I believe is its original brown paint

Still Life with Book and Writing Tools - Exquisite Antique Chinese Pith Painting us embossing co it is hard to getSeveral years ago I happened upon a couple of wonderful antique Chinese pith paintings, which made me learn about them, and look for them, but I haven't fallen in love with one (that I could at all afford) since until this one. Pith refers to the paper (which resembles but is different than rice paper),made from the cellular tissue found in the stem of a small tree called Tetrapanax Papyrifera, native to south west China. It came into use in China in