Spotted Dove(?): Marvelous C. 1800 German Watercolor, with Birds of Prey Notes on Reverse) shino footed bowl 5 7/8" tall and wide

5 7/8" tall and wide and in excellent condition

but certainly much of its inspiration comes from traditional Japanese pottery

I am not a great expert on decoys

I came across these in a box of old salvaged quilt squares and thought they were just too pretty--and labored over

Button eyes and nose

Spotted Dove(?): Marvelous C. 1800 German Watercolor, with Birds of Prey Notes on Reverse) shino footed bowl 5 7/8" tall and wideThis is not a hand colored engraving, it is an original, beautifully executed ink and watercolor drawingone of four watercolors I purchased from a German seller, which appear all done by the same person, likely c. 1800. Photos do no justice to the real thing. I would guess they were the original drawings after which engravings were then made for a volume on animal life. I find it, and all of them, just extraordinarily beautiful, and their amazing