Heartbreaking "No One To Love" Antique Ink Drawing Chinese occupation painting then framed by bone fangs

then framed by bone fangs on either side--making for quite a dramatic portrayal of a creature on the prowl

black ink on card

This scoop is in great shape and ready to use for scooping grain or flour or meal

keep me clean

1946--shortly after the end of the WWII and beginning of Allied occupation

Heartbreaking "No One To Love" Antique Ink Drawing Chinese occupation painting then framed by bone fangsThis breaks my heart, but I love it so much and really in significant part for exactly that reason. In the text at the bottom, its maker misspelled "thee" as "the", but I've figured out it reads: I can not give the(e) up, with all thy faults I love the(e) still." And on the reverse: "No one to love." And then this poor fellow, flowers in hand, standing at the doorstep of the one he loves, who does not seem especially eager to open the door and let him