Carol's Watercolor Bluebird paintings or on the coffee table

or on the coffee table

and seems to rest at a weight a bit to the left of zero--but it's still a great little object

which are black lacquer with incised patterns in green

(5 1/2" across at handle)

quite finely done and it reads very bright and lush

Carol's Watercolor Bluebird paintings or on the coffee tableAnother schoolgirl watercolor by Carol, whose wonderful booklet of watercolor vegetables I just listed. I think she must have been pretty proud of this bluebird, as it was claimed not once but three times on the back and rightly so I think! It seems quite possible a teacher outlined the bird in pencil first, with Carol contributing the perfect watery blue and brown, and then a few brown crayon lines for the ground and a pencil scribble or good