Antique Pencil Drawing of Perched Owl Japanese Hokusai fan with wonderfully expressive face in

with wonderfully expressive face in profile and bandage or compress across the forehead

The only actual flaws I have found are two tiny chips on the lips of two of the bowls (one on each)--very minor

as they can certainly balance in all sorts of places

I love the combo of naive + risqué

Antique Pencil Drawing of Perched Owl Japanese Hokusai fan with wonderfully expressive face inOh, the owl, wise and mysterious nocturnal creature, which I am always hoping to spy in the wild but rarely do. But here one is a sweet and humble little pencil drawing on what looks like onion skin paper which one might to look at all the time! Late 19th very early 20th century I would guess, with one eye drawn a bit darker than the other making it look as if something's got it's attention! Sold in the nice old wooden frame I found it in, with a