19th C. Chinese Pith Painting Portrait of Woman with Opium Pipe delaware odd fellows ) It has got some

) It has got some bends and dings as I've tried to capture too

I'd guess 1920s-30s

but I'm pretty happy that it exists

with an interior tray that lifts out--useful for jewelry

Closed it measures 9 1/2" t x 5/8" wide and deep

19th C. Chinese Pith Painting Portrait of Woman with Opium Pipe delaware odd fellows ) It has got someThis is a Cantonese gouache painting on pith, mounted to good weight backing paper (blue ribbon runs around the perimeter of the pith paper and is what holds the painting to the larger backing paper), which I believe would originally have been housed in a portfolio containing a set of six or twelve, together portraying a selection of court figures in fine dress, perhaps the emperor and empress, too. I love this woman for the opium pipe in her hands,