Wonderful Early 19th Century Ink and Watercolor Peacock Drawing in Original Frame for the writer finely made cinnabar-colored early 20th

finely made cinnabar-colored early 20th century Burmese lacquer betel box

with braided hair on the top of her head and a great scalloped edge along to the top of her high-waisted pants

I would guess this painting dates to the the 1910s or so

It seems quintessentially 1980s to me

Based on the lot I found him in

Wonderful Early 19th Century Ink and Watercolor Peacock Drawing in Original Frame for the writer finely made cinnabar-colored early 20thMy photos do not justice to this marvelous drawing, the presence and charm and richness of which I'm not able to capture fully (while also trying to avoid glare) but if no one falls in love with it, this is one I'll be more than glad to keep for myself. To my eye it's just a wonderful thing, just the sort of early naive drawing I'm perpetually in search of, with this lovingly, delicately rendered peacock at the center, proud and humble at once,