Beautiful Hand-painted Mid-Century West German Vase antique engraving sea polyps with some of the pencil

with some of the pencil drawings just loose and a fair amount of foxing on a number of them

I'll never pass by an antique Burmese lacquer betel box if I can afford it--which increasingly I can't

I seem to be a magnet for old folky American river landscapes lately

interplay of positive and negative/light and dark

and perfectly matched to their charming  tin house with lovingly hand-painted bricks and gate

Beautiful Hand-painted Mid-Century West German Vase antique engraving sea polyps with some of the pencilJust a beautiful piece, mid c German I am pretty certain, though I have not been able to place the mark on its underside, which looks a bit like a bat. I just love the watercolor like blue on blue stripes, which extend over the black of the lip and base too, like subtle shadows. Really lovely. 6 5 8" t x 4 1 2" across at lip; 6" widest diameter. Excellent vintage condition, with no chips, cracks or other flaws anywhere that I can see.