Rust Colored Landscape with Waterfall, 1914 Painting with Sgraffito on Wood Panel antique Japanese lacquer dating to the 1920s-30s

dating to the 1920s-30s

I do know that it is beautifully made

Approx 32 3/4" long x 1 3/8" w x 1 7/8" d

Not at all fragile

with its smooth surface and gracefully curved lip

Rust Colored Landscape with Waterfall, 1914 Painting with Sgraffito on Wood Panel antique Japanese lacquer dating to the 1920s-30sQuite a radiant small painting, with the honey rust color of the landscape feeling even more electric as set off by the light blue sky. With a pointed tool maybe a stick, picked up on site used to scratch gestural lines into the wet paint, suggesting tall grasses or saplings sprouting up everywhere, and lending a sense of energy and motion to the whole scene. An unusual one, which packs a lot of punch for its small size Initialed HWW and dated 1910 at