Chance Animal Silhouettes on Card in Old Green Painted Frame tabletopmodel especially those raised eyebrows

especially those raised eyebrows

Painting is in good condition with a bit of paint loss at far right

"  A pretty great one I think

it screws closed easily and stays tight

enhanced by the super rich red and gold polychrome

Chance Animal Silhouettes on Card in Old Green Painted Frame tabletopmodel especially those raised eyebrowsA chance delight! I discovered this while opening up an antique gold gessoed frame in order to reuse it, and here was this, used as backing paper for a photo, sandwiched between a few other layers. Surely a product of toning, perhaps it once backed a pair of paper cutout animals, which left their silhouettes behind. Looks like a cat and horse to me, though perhaps a dog and an especially graceful cow! Whatever the case, the happiest of accidents