Pink Roses Antique Watercolor #2 antique Japanese lacquer which shows pretty amazing greening

which shows pretty amazing greening

with little wooden hands nailed to the end of the sleeves

Silvery gray paint completed the effort

with what I'd guess is a storefront behind them

Pink Roses Antique Watercolor #2 antique Japanese lacquer which shows pretty amazing greeningThis is one of three watercolors of roses I purchased together, I believe all found together too, perhaps done at the same time by three different members of a family or maybe more likely schoolmates. I like them individually in different ways, but also together, variations on a theme becoming in a sense portraits of their makers. This one, with very painterly treatment of the pink petals, measures 7 5 8" x 6 1 4". Pencil and watercolor on lined