The Best Kitty, Wonderful Antique Folk Art Watercolor in Period Frame tree limb box with a few minor stains

with a few minor stains and a bit off toning

and a striking one to put on the table

which features lines drawn in pencil

so he is very versatile in terms of posing

while it implies another dimension

The Best Kitty, Wonderful Antique Folk Art Watercolor in Period Frame tree limb box with a few minor stainsA gem of a naive 19th century watercolor in perfectly suited period frame, perhaps original to it. Not one thing more or less than exactly right I think, with a wonderful painterliness to the body of the very cat like cat animating it with lots of life, and just a few strokes of china blue turning the bowl, too, into something special. Really quite an elegant feeling little painting as well as a charmingly naive one, likely done by a school child. I