Classically Inspired Lovers with Grapes in Hand, Folk Art Relief Carving antique watercolor of newfoundland 9 3/4” x 6 3/4”

9 3/4” x 6 3/4” on white watercolor paper

which was required by French law on decks for sale within French borders

perfectly aged and used condition

but I'm not certain of its origins

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Classically Inspired Lovers with Grapes in Hand, Folk Art Relief Carving antique watercolor of newfoundland 9 3/4” x 6 3/4”I really love this relief carving, surely inspired by an image on a Grecian urn or something along those lines, and I have to think one with a bacchanalian theme, as she grips a bunch of grapes in her raised hand. (Perhaps he is reaching for one with his extended arm, too!) Such wonderfully folky faces, hers tiny in comparison the the rest of her body, with great curtain of hair hanging down as he holds her, with a (very large!) hand at her waist. The