Wonderful, Impressionistic Oil on Linen Rough and Rocky Seascape teacups I really have no sense

I really have no sense of the age or origins of this set

though there are a fair number of small gilded cast bronze animals out there-- Japanese and Chinese

with a bit of cloudiness to the black lacquer on the front of the box and a little bit of cracking to the lacquer on the underside of the box near the bottom edge

with that wonderful blue jacket

and believe it dates from the 1960's

Wonderful, Impressionistic Oil on Linen Rough and Rocky Seascape teacups I really have no senseIf I saw this painting in a museum, I would covet it; I think it is just fantastic, veering into the realm of pure, painterly abstraction, but at the same time perfectly capturing the power and vastness of rough sea. The unusual vertical orientation evinces a sense of strata, all with equal intensity, from the water crashing against rocks, to a glimpse of what I assume is sky (and a curious, intense sky at that) to layers upon layers of choppy sea in