Grasshopper on Melon, Exquisite 1917 Ink and Watercolor French Hand-painted Postcard seashore and then an open channel

and then an open channel up the chimney for the smoke to emerge

feeling like closure

it measures 7 1/8" in diameter x 13/16" thick

And the glow of his hand-painted pink cheeks furthers a sense of some sort of possessed-ness

that one was housed in its original wooden crate

Grasshopper on Melon, Exquisite 1917 Ink and Watercolor French Hand-painted Postcard seashore and then an open channelI purchased this beauty of a handmade postcard from a seller in Holland, a bit skeptical that it was completely hand done, but indeed it is, ink and watercolor and very fine! What an gorgeous grasshopper, and what a luminous and evocative melon upon which it is munching! Emblematic of the late 19th early 20th c. obsession with all things Asian ("Japonisme" in France), the imagery here seems all about good luck and prosperity. The postcard, mailed by