[Woodcarver] Interesting Chinese work

[KathleenMG Menendez]

Hello, Bernie, et al.,

Thanks for your comments and observations.  You say that the
ladies look very Western.  I had not realized that, but, although
it is not strongly so, they do look much less authentic, and the
rarity is unknown really except that I had never seen anything
like this on eBay before myself.  That does not mean that these
are not commonly available if one is a tourist in China, for
instance.

I mostly thought it was a pretty combination of fret work, carving,
and pyrography.

As I have been researching antique pyrography for some years
now, I have always noticed how the plaques with the Flemish Art
designs for hobbyists often show "Native Americans" where the
women look like Victorian ladies wearing beads and a feather.

Thanks,
Kathleen

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On Thu, 5/21/15, feinerman at comcast.net <feinerman at comcast.net> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] Interesting Chinese work
 To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at carverscompanion.com>
 Date: Thursday, May 21, 2015, 3:46 PM
 
 Hello,
 I know little about Chinese work but
 wonder how one can judge  how rare this item is.
 I have a Chinese screen with  figures integrated
 into the screen and have been told by an appraiser that the
 screen I have is 20th century made for the US market. A
 difference between the Ebay screen and mine is that the Ebay
 screen seems to portray Western ladies in Chinese
 garments.
 Bernie