Marvelous Antique Handmade Paper Animals - Set Three mapping yellow equals bowls of ice

yellow equals bowls of ice cream allowed

A nice compact set too

the finished blonde wood has a nice sheen

but became famous--and more complicated--when an extraordinary series of boxes with the motif were commissioned in 1760 by or for the Qianlong emperor

and its exterior coated in a dark brown stain/varnish

Marvelous Antique Handmade Paper Animals - Set Three mapping yellow equals bowls of icePerhaps a menagerie of cut paper animals and soldiers, too, listed separately would not set everyone's heart racing, but they sure do for me, especially when the names of the animals are written across their fronts in the very best manner of kid handwriting a la 1900 or so. Pure joy. I'm especially partial to the cobra here, exuberantly decorated with graphite scales on both sides, but the little baboon and large smiling chimpanzee are pretty great