Antique Chinese Gouache Painting of Two Figures with Cart on Pith Paper, Signed finely crafted described as the king of

described as the king of birds and a kite-like figure

and have calculated shipping weight without the bits

Great on a rustic farm table as well as amid other mid-century decor

but pulls apart to reveal the tiny interior nest-like interior basket

but also lovely displayed in silhouette on open shelves

Antique Chinese Gouache Painting of Two Figures with Cart on Pith Paper, Signed finely crafted described as the king ofSuch a fine, beautiful thing! This is a 19th century Chinese painting executed in gouache on pith paper a type of paper (resembling rice paper) that came into use in China in the 1820s (reaching its heyday in the 1830s and 40s) as a means to satisfy the increasing demand for small, inexpensive and easily transported souvenirs, following the massive growth in the China Trade in the first quarter of the nineteenth century. Pith paper was made from the