Young Woman in Blue with Yellow Collar and Earring, Wonderful Antique Graphite and Crayon Portrait carved walnut nativity A little crazing to the

A little crazing to the glaze

Colored pencil and graphite on construction type drawing paper

6" x 5 1/2" and approx 30 pages

there is something about the interaction between my iPhone camera and this vase that makes the surface decoration (hand-painted using a resist technique for the crescent shapes I believe) appear a bit blurry

and I'd guess French) and was beloved enough for someone to build a whole box around her

Young Woman in Blue with Yellow Collar and Earring, Wonderful Antique Graphite and Crayon Portrait carved walnut nativity A little crazing to theA few more today by the same person who drew the woman with raised hand in garden (framed) listed last week along with another sold I love these so much, each quite singular but showing their maker's sustained commitment to drawing lovely ladies in radiant colors with distinctive features and sculptural hair! And this young woman looks so thoughtful and kind to me, a very nice one to keep company with. I know these were found in the collection of an