Wash stand?
Very nice piece.
So it does indeed seem to be a lady from the Tang Dynasty, however ...I still think the depiction is by a Japanese hand.
I don't think it's Chinese; clothing etc wrong; script too stylized. Japanese. Could be Benten
agree with @antidiem, most likely Chinese.
I think these are probably retro not period
Doesn't look high enough quality to me to be ancient, looks a bit crude.
wood looks like sycamore
Have a look here https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=shona+soapstone&_sacat=0
African, soapstone can't remember where exactly, very common import I think described as Shona but don't quote me on that
Possibly a reproduction of a period block print - notice benday dots in enlargement Oh and the pencil notation is probably the framer's notes ,...
Pretty crude but agreed quite old, 20s/30s maybe?
Stylistically looks like a print of an original from the 1900-1914 era
Pretty sure Indian subcontinent somewhere
Chinese, fairly recent ~20 years at most, could be brand new too. Box style with those bone or plastic toggles, quite typical.
Rgt Rev Msgr - Right Reverend Monsignor
Well if it's any help, Coalport from back then is STARK chalky white and the footrims tend to be very angular rather than soft-cornered ...it...
Agree - seems like a penance piece to me, esp. the "evil passions to subdue" as @Debora pointed out. Kind of an early 19thc version of what Bart...
In another life I once wrote a CAD animation program from scratch ...
Like the plate a lot!
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