Tiny Hand-painted Asian Doll with Embroidered Butterflies and Wonderful Hands comb Rusting as evident but no

Rusting as evident but no rusting through at all

and labeled in Uncle Sam in pencil at his feet--feels quite timely at the present moment in the life of our nation

as I believe is the case with this painting

The transformation of the form of a silk curtain tassel into a solid iron one makes it feel like something of a surreal object to me

(A what a great face on her

Tiny Hand-painted Asian Doll with Embroidered Butterflies and Wonderful Hands comb Rusting as evident but noA tiny doll, with the scale makes it all the more charming to me, as do those tiny pink butterflies embroidered on the denim colored blue dress! Hand painted face, and hand cut fingers of those tiny hands, my favorite part. I believe Chinese, earlyish 20th century. 2 5 8" t x 2 1 8" w. Good condition, no losses, just general light wear and a little age toning. Not especially fragile.