SOLD Melancholic Looking Young Man Against Whispy, Moody Painted Backdrop magazine holder 5 1/2 x 3 9/16

5 1/2 x 3 9/16 and in good condition

These vessels were designed to hold oil and are understood to have been used in a number of different ways in funerary ritual: burned with the body in cremations

(Plate not included

done many years ago by an uncle of the owner

SOLD Melancholic Looking Young Man Against Whispy, Moody Painted Backdrop magazine holder 5 1/2 x 3 9/16A very dreamy feeling one, with the super wispy branches of the painted backdrop seeming just right to match the rather melancholic look of this young man. I like the out of focus ness of his hands and lower body, too, while the details of the backdrop were captured with perfect clarity. Nice and moody, and the parting of this young man's bangs looks like curtains opening, which feels just right too. 3 3 8" x 2 1 4". Folded forward lower right corner,