I second Debora. This is not a painting you would buy for artistic merit. It looks pretty 'hobby painter' to me.
It doesn't knock my socks off, but art is an individual choice and if you like it you should have it!
Terrific painting ... can't help with the name or the poem but reckon that was a great find.
You are quite amazing, @Debora, and never cease to amaze with your info and sleuthing skills! The OP's cabinet feels pretty good to me, going...
30s-50s? or newer? I like it, anyway. Goodnight from this part of the world.
I thought Spanish, Portuguese for some reason first off.
Does the 2nd photo with Chinese characters belong to this piece? I find it curiously attractive and am surprised that anything mass produced would...
I can't see it being that old (1400s) so guess it's a repro of some sort. But that's my very uninformed opinion. It's an attractive and striking...
That's a really sweet little painting, Hedz. Very nice.
Looks crazy good!
$800 is an awful lot of money, but I think I might have sold a kidney and bought these. Don't know. Hope whoever has them really appreciates them....
Edited post. Wondered where they sold but see it's local estate sale.
I'll watch with interest and am green with envy. :wideyed: They look super, smashing and fabulous to me. Here's hoping that more knowledgeable...
So nothing else amounted to much? Just the cutlery? Sorry you missed it, Mr Nate.
Bowl with fruit-branch decoration (love it) and the taller pot also in pic 1 ... I'd ask for more photos of the small serving dishes ... and would...
A lot of this old plate has real charm, I think, and yours would make a gorgeous fruit platter. Like it :-)
@clutteredcloset49, I didn't consider you rude for a second. Please don't think so. I invited you to be rude about the bench or my ignorance. And...
I see one definition of star gazing is "absorption in chimerical or impractical ideas", @komokwa. This vintage rustic authentic Chinese peasant...
Thank you Komo. I am not as cross with it as I was earlier.
I wish you would comment @clutteredcloset49. You can be as rude as you like. I bought some useless stuff at an estate sale yesterday because the...
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