Minnie! Signed 1872 Graphite Portrait with Miniature Portraits on Necklace and Earring handmade metal box there are some dark marks

there are some dark marks visible on the white glaze

During the Qing dynasty rank badge design was regulated

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showing plenty of rusting and erosion

usually tiered plant stands in this manner

Minnie! Signed 1872 Graphite Portrait with Miniature Portraits on Necklace and Earring handmade metal box there are some dark marksI really really love this Minnie, who looks to me maybe 15 years old or so, both lovely and awkward and seeming right in the middle of coming into herself. I also love that this is something of a triple portrait, with miniature portraits at her neck and hanging from her ear. Wonderfully earnest and clearly invested with love, right down the carefully inked Spencerian "Minnie" at bottom center. Signed Ida J. Tracy at lower left and dated Feb 7, 1872 at