Antique Oil on Linen Painting of Pink Roses Against Deep Aqua turquoise glaze signed at lower right

signed at lower right

I love the humbleness of it

with the angles of raised with snout and tail mirroring each other

There is one hairline crack just to the surface near the lip and an old

and there may once have been a wrist loop that attached to the very end of the handle

Antique Oil on Linen Painting of Pink Roses Against Deep Aqua turquoise glaze signed at lower rightThe intense blue green ground of this old oil on canvas painting of pink roses is what makes it for me, giving it a sort of otherworldly feel and transforming it from a pretty floral painting into something much moodier. The unstretched canvas shows some wear, which in this case feels to me exactly right, and I'd be included to hang it on the wall from a couple of pins to the top corners, just as it is. 11 3 4" x 8 1 8. Late 19th early 20th century I