Antique Chinese Gouache Painting of Two Figures with Cart on Pith Paper, Signed prints I love the simplicity of

I love the simplicity of this hand-carved wooden letter opener--nothing fancy about it

The box is in good antique condition: there is some wear and aging to the wood

carefully studying its pictures of wild animals in Africa and imagining himself sailing down the Nile

allowing for a good strong grip

The surface design (and the graceful shape

Antique Chinese Gouache Painting of Two Figures with Cart on Pith Paper, Signed prints I love the simplicity ofSuch a fine, beautiful thing! This is a 19th century Chinese painting executed in gouache on pith paper a type of paper (resembling rice paper) that came into use in China in the 1820s (reaching its heyday in the 1830s and 40s) as a means to satisfy the increasing demand for small, inexpensive and easily transported souvenirs, following the massive growth in the China Trade in the first quarter of the nineteenth century. Pith paper was made from the