Well Used (and a bit Turner-esque) Wooden Painter's Palette construction blocks Great patina--scuffs

Great patina--scuffs

I assume it was made in Japan for Western export

Framed as found: 8 1/2” x 5 7/16”

beautifully exemplified in this frog

Best of all are those red and white target-like eyes

Well Used (and a bit Turner-esque) Wooden Painter's Palette construction blocks Great patina--scuffsIt's rare that I find an old painter's palette with a satisfying build up of paint on it these days that doesn't cost a fortune and more and more I seem to come across palettes that look to have been deliberately painted for decorative purposes (yikes!) But this is a good one, which looks to have been used for quite a substantial period of time by a real painter, with a surface that has been scraped down and built up numerous times over, looking to me