Atmospheric (and Much Weathered) Antique Oil on Canvas Seascape minimalist ceramics A sharp looking modern/contemporary vase

A sharp looking modern/contemporary vase

one tiny nick in the wood on the lower lip of the bottom figure and light surface wear consistent with age

is the growing of  crops to be harvested and transported to market elsewhere--which really developed in the U

but this carver clearly had some skills

Atmospheric (and Much Weathered) Antique Oil on Canvas Seascape minimalist ceramics A sharp looking modern/contemporary vaseThis seascape is dirty, and weathered, with a few patches of exposed canvas and what looks like one hole mended from reverse. But it is atmospheric, and nicely moody, and I am forever a sucker for an old seascape, especially with some roughness to the sea. And I really like the array of boats on far here, all sailing along atop the horizontal line as if the earth were flat! 19 7 8" x 16". Weathered and soiled as documented, with a noticeable scuff