Wonderful Antique Folk Art Reverse Glass Painting of Flowers boxing guide there is one light surface

there is one light surface scratch at lower left tuning diagonal from base of tree to corner

battle rattles

but they remain in good condition overall

underneath on the base are Chinese characters

Wonderful Antique Folk Art Reverse Glass Painting of Flowers boxing guide there is one light surfaceI LOVE this naive reverse glass painting of flowers, which verges into the realm of total abstraction, and also, for me at least, evokes a cluster of seaweeds and corals as much as it does a floral arrangement. I know that reverse glass painting was taught to young women in the first half of the 19th century and then became widely popular as a decorative art from about 1850 to 1890; I am not certain the date on this one, but 19th century for sure. And