Antique Chinese Gouache Painting on Pith Paper of Worker with Horse Drawn Cart functional gifts and so she has a

and so she has a few small scrapes and dings

The larger measures 5 5/8" in diameter x 7/8" tall

the beautifully shaped tin of the scoop wraps around the sides of the base

) against that perfect green

or just for display

Antique Chinese Gouache Painting on Pith Paper of Worker with Horse Drawn Cart functional gifts and so she has aSuch 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