Thanks. So we will say somewhere around 1950. And Canton I suppose.
[ATTACH] More photos. Hope for a dating !
Thanks for the replies. So how old or young is it ?
Thanks komokwa. Yes, possibly.
[ATTACH] Thrift store find. 23 cm X 24 cm X 21 cm. [ATTACH] Ca. 1900-1920 ? Maybe you can date it more precisely ? Maybe the mark is upside down ?...
The drawing is sufficiently well done to suspect that he or she must have made more drawings than this one. Maybe even signed ones. And where are...
Yes there are differences between painting and drawing. And where does the right hand side of the drawing come from ?
Before or after an engraving. That's the question ? And who's the artist ?
Thanks again architrave. The right hand side of the drawing is puzzling. Did the painting originally comprise that too and was it cut off or lost...
Thanks architrave. I just found out. Was Rubens inspired by the drawing or was the draughtsman inspired by Rubens ?
Yes Debora. I bought it two days ago at an Internet auction.
[ATTACH] This pen drawing with wash, 19,5 cm X 32,0 cm, shows Diana and her hunting party. Unsigned. Probably Netherlandish, 17th century. Who's...
[ATTACH] Thanks for the replies. I bought the box at the local thrift store for the equivalent of USD 9. Indonesian ? You can find several...
This black, wooden (ebony ?) box carved with a king ? and crocodiles measures 8 cm X 19 cm X 12 cm. I haven't found anyone like it on the...
I recommend the zoom function on your computer.
This Chinese brass lidded jar is believed to be from the early 20th century. 17.5 cm high. What puzzles me is the mysterious relief on the bottom....
Could the artist be Jacques-Antoine Vallin (1760-1835) ? He painted several small sceneries on panel like this one with goddesses and nymps. Also...
As you remember from Ovid's "Metamorphoses" Venus disarmed her son Cupid by taking his arrows from him to avoid more torments of love. This is...
Thanks 2manybooks for the reply. So the nymphe is part of a pair. I didn't know, but now I do !
Separate names with a comma.