Butterflies and Tiny Bugs, 19th Century Ink and Watercolor Papago basket with figures and animals great long eyebrows arching over

great long eyebrows arching over them

and the front snaps closed in a most satisfying way

it reads bright and crisp

white and blue--though to me with a bit of a French spirit to those colors

Butterflies and Tiny Bugs, 19th Century Ink and Watercolor Papago basket with figures and animals great long eyebrows arching overThese butterflies I found together with the watercolor of feathers also just listed I am sure done by the same maker, mid 19th century I believe, and certainly feathers and butterfly wings seem all of a piece. Gorgeous detailing on these splendid creatures, flying in every direction, with a few leafy sprigs, a lady bug for good luck, and what I take for a bee and a mosquito, too. Finely rendered in ink and watercolor, lovely. 9 1 2" x 6 3 8" and in