Fine Antique Cut and Spatter Painted Paper Star antique green paint Watercolor on what I believe

Watercolor on what I believe is bone

I'm not entirely certain what is going on in this evocative little watercolor

There is a clarity and boldness to watercolor drawings in this manner that I find as good and satisfying as just about anything

The vase is signed with what looks like "Sena" on the bottom

Just two rows of old iron teeth here

Fine Antique Cut and Spatter Painted Paper Star antique green paint Watercolor on what I believeOne of a few paper cuts and paper weavings found in Pennsylvania a few weeks ago, just about the most charming I've seen. The orange paper used for this finely cut star within a star appears to have been spatter painted with black (which I recently learned was often done by blowing through a glass tube, like a straw, a technique often used in watercolor theorems.) A very lovely thing, 19th c., most worthy of a good frame. Approx. 4 1 4" tall and wide.