Green Apple Watercolor Drawing Signed LEH serving utensil Two hooks at bottom

Two hooks at bottom

I really don't think these detract but rather contribute to its wonderful patina

you must have some Water in your Claret

What I am not certain of is whether there is an intended function for the opening in the front of the body

Signed (incised) "Allie" on the underside

Green Apple Watercolor Drawing Signed LEH serving utensil Two hooks at bottomI believe this watercolor was likely done as a school exercise, but I find it pretty transcendent, and very Japanese feeling in its perfect simplify. Lovely. Paper is 12" x 9 and shows an old horizontal center fold and tears to the top right corner edge and staining at lower right, but with a mat over it, cut close to the beautifully wavering thin black border of the drawing, it would look just right.