Very Intense Battle, C. 1920s-30s Naive Graphite Drawing on 19th C. Ledger Paper oak finely carved antique Chinese cinnabar

finely carved antique Chinese cinnabar box features a large representation of the character for spring (chun

located just a few steps from historic Faneuil Hall

primarily for his own pleasure

which makes it feel like painting

which spins super fast

Very Intense Battle, C. 1920s-30s Naive Graphite Drawing on 19th C. Ledger Paper oak finely carved antique Chinese cinnabarThis is one of five drawings on ledger paper I am listing, all found together, with some 19th c. writing on some of the pages, but the drawings done a few decades later, I'm guessing 1920s or 30s, when a kid, or a couple of them, got a hold of the ledger. I've got a special love for a battle scene like this drawn by an 8 or 9 year old, playing out so viscerally across the page that one can see it's vividness in that child's imagination, unfolding in