Spotted Dove(?): Marvelous C. 1800 German Watercolor, with Birds of Prey Notes on Reverse) cat and mouse dexterity toy with several imperfections and air

with several imperfections and air bubbles suspended in the glass

I believe it might be chalk

5 5/8" w x 5" t x 7/8" d and in beautiful aged condition

the vase is animated with expressionistically applied glazes of inky black and dark green

9 1/8" x 5 1/2" x 1"

Spotted Dove(?): Marvelous C. 1800 German Watercolor, with Birds of Prey Notes on Reverse) cat and mouse dexterity toy with several imperfections and airThis is not a hand colored engraving, it is an original, beautifully executed ink and watercolor drawingone of four watercolors I purchased from a German seller, which appear all done by the same person, likely c. 1800. Photos do no justice to the real thing. I would guess they were the original drawings after which engravings were then made for a volume on animal life. I find it, and all of them, just extraordinarily beautiful, and their amazing