Striking Antique Blue and Red Needlepoint Pouch gourd-shaped quite a heartening and satisfying

quite a heartening and  satisfying thing

made in Taiwan

2nd half of the 19th century I believe

I really like whoever saw the beauty in this piece of wood

with a sky blue background behind the creamy white sails

Striking Antique Blue and Red Needlepoint Pouch gourd-shaped quite a heartening and satisfyingI'm drawn to pattern like a magnet, and for me it doesn't get much better than the blue and red combinations on this 19th century needlepoint pouch I can't decide which side I like best, as I think both are just stunning. I love the variation to the blue especially, a perfect imperfection I assume product of variation in the original dying of the thread. I would guess some sort of closure was originally planned for this but not completed, all to the