Happy Couple in their Chairs, Pair of Old Painted Carvings korean it lays flat

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I bought these phials of china paint pigment simply because I thought they were beautiful--I find myself so hungry for color these days

I've actually started using calipers to measure round and roundish things

I'd just put these in a beautiful bowl to admire and pick up now and then

The ring could be removed from the backside by snipping the black thread that holds it

Happy Couple in their Chairs, Pair of Old Painted Carvings korean it lays flatWhat a pair, happy together for a long time already, and I do hope forever! Obviously they were carved by the same person but it appears of two different woods, and decorated with what seems to have been a water based paint, a fair bit of it lost or faded but lots of good color remaining, Great faces, great attituses, and I how the area underneath her chair was outlined but never carved out. Total charmers. Both measure about 4 1 4" t x 7 8" w x 2 1