The Best Kitty, Wonderful Antique Folk Art Watercolor in Period Frame club checkers Early 20th century and reflecting

Early 20th century and reflecting a pretty strong Asian influence I think

Nothing better than that yellow and green

8 3/8" x 6 3/4"

Carved and stained a very dark brown which reads as nearly black

dating to 1831

The Best Kitty, Wonderful Antique Folk Art Watercolor in Period Frame club checkers Early 20th century and reflectingA gem of a naive 19th century watercolor in perfectly suited period frame, perhaps original to it. Not one thing more or less than exactly right I think, with a wonderful painterliness to the body of the very cat like cat animating it with lots of life, and just a few strokes of china blue turning the bowl, too, into something special. Really quite an elegant feeling little painting as well as a charmingly naive one, likely done by a school child. I