Still Life with Book and Writing Tools - Exquisite Antique Chinese Pith Painting Oisin Kelly art Very bright and crisp and

Very bright and crisp and lovely

I can say that one can deeply feel the skill and care of the maker on this one

though there seems no way to retrieve whatever loot would be dropped inside

The vase measures 10 3/4" tall with a diameter of 4 3/4" at base

who established the studio in 2000 and make functional wood-fired pottery

Still Life with Book and Writing Tools - Exquisite Antique Chinese Pith Painting Oisin Kelly art Very bright and crisp andSeveral years ago I happened upon a couple of wonderful antique Chinese pith paintings, which made me learn about them, and look for them, but I haven't fallen in love with one (that I could at all afford) since until this one. Pith refers to the paper (which resembles but is different than rice paper),made from the cellular tissue found in the stem of a small tree called Tetrapanax Papyrifera, native to south west China. It came into use in China in