Wonderful 27 Inch Carved Whimsy Chain with Canoes! double sided drawing and they show it

and they show it

I have not touched the wood at all on this piece

Very balletic looking to me

with red tree at center and ambiguous

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

Wonderful 27 Inch Carved Whimsy Chain with Canoes! double sided drawing and they show itThis is the definitely the first carved whimsy chain I've ever seen with canoes carved into the middle of it such a fun one. Plus dangling locks of sorts on either end. At 27 1 2" long, it would be a fun one to hang from a couple of nails snaking across the wall. This is one of a a number of old pine carved whimsies I purchased together and believe were all made by one American carver, first half of the 20th century I believe. Skillfully done, with a