Oil on Cardboard 1989 Russian Landscape by Chaloi Leonty sue kutosh print The Book of Tea is

The Book of Tea is a long essay linking the role of "Chadō" (teaism) to the aesthetic and cultural aspects of Japanese life

which I found at an antique shop in Maine and just could not leave behind--such humanity in this deeply carved and painted wooden face

all of which measure about 12 x 8 x 1/4”

dated on the underside

features seated Buddhist figures

Oil on Cardboard 1989 Russian Landscape by Chaloi Leonty sue kutosh print The Book of Tea isI think this is a little gem of a landscape, oil on cardboard and just over 5x7, though with a much larger presence! It's the work of Russian artist Chaloi Leonty, which I purchased from a member of the artists familyand which took about a month to make its way to me packed in nothing more than a simple unpadded envelope! From what I understand, Leonty was born in 1929 in the Urals, and graduated from the Leningrad Art College in 1955, where he