Grasshopper on Melon, Exquisite 1917 Ink and Watercolor French Hand-painted Postcard seashore feeling like closure

feeling like closure

and I love that this green and white one in its tree is the centerpiece here

Since 2005

and then an open channel up the chimney for the smoke to emerge

with light wear and aging to top

Grasshopper on Melon, Exquisite 1917 Ink and Watercolor French Hand-painted Postcard seashore feeling like closureI purchased this beauty of a handmade postcard from a seller in Holland, a bit skeptical that it was completely hand done, but indeed it is, ink and watercolor and very fine! What an gorgeous grasshopper, and what a luminous and evocative melon upon which it is munching! Emblematic of the late 19th early 20th c. obsession with all things Asian ("Japonisme" in France), the imagery here seems all about good luck and prosperity. The postcard, mailed by