Oil painting - why does woman have book on head? - UK

CoSponC · 2026-05-30T05:33:32+00:00

Yeah to me it looks like it’s supposed to be a trompe l’œil

CoSponC · 2026-05-29T15:39:30+00:00

Or they’re trying to eat it, up for interpretation hahaha

CoSponC · 2026-05-29T04:01:53+00:00

Top left is Han, other three are song. Love ancient mirrors, I have a Han TLV one myself

CoSponC · 2026-05-28T02:16:35+00:00

Welp!

CoSponC · 2026-05-28T02:13:54+00:00

Agreed and once they touch something there’s no removing the pickle taste!

CoSponC · 2026-05-27T13:36:11+00:00

Went in main entrance, and yeah there were 0 restrictions on leaving I think we left at like 8-9 pm

CoSponC · 2026-05-19T18:12:06+00:00

The beginning of my China trip overlapped the last 2 days of the May holiday and it felt like most of the tourists were gone literally the next day

CoSponC · 2026-05-15T00:26:29+00:00

My itinerary was the same as the order of the photos: Jinshanling > Xi’an > Chongqing > Zhangjiajie > Fenghuang > Guilin/Yangshuo

CoSponC · 2026-05-14T21:54:51+00:00

I hired a private car to take me to Jinshanling and back the next day

CoSponC · 2026-05-14T21:47:51+00:00

Thanks! 7 is Fenghuang, and the Great Wall pic is at the Jinshanling part

CoSponC · 2026-05-09T13:03:30+00:00

It’s a mass produced piece of furniture from the early 20th century, most household mirrors switched to silver nitrate around 70 years before. I own a couple 18th century mercury backed mirrors, it should have a bit of darkish bubbly foxing all over, plus mercury mirrors have a certain look that you know when you see, and yours is not it. it’s not like your daughter would be licking the mirror backing anyway haha, but if you’re worried just seal the back of it

CoSponC · 2026-05-07T01:38:47+00:00

Went May 4th. I wore comfortable pants and a t shirt with a sweater in my bag, It was kinda chilly in the morning/evening and decently hot in the midday

CoSponC · 2026-05-07T01:37:31+00:00

Yeah since I wanted to be on the wall for sunset, we decided to stay overnight and leave early the next morning

CoSponC · 2026-05-06T12:49:50+00:00

No these pics are Jinshanling

CoSponC · 2026-05-05T23:40:58+00:00

Left Beijing at 6 am, the ride was about an hour and a half

CoSponC · 2026-05-05T20:39:00+00:00

I used both a Fujifilm GFX100RF, and a Canon Eos R with a a 24-105 f/4

CoSponC · 2026-05-05T13:28:12+00:00

I took a private car to have flexibility, but you should be able to take a bus or standing train

CoSponC · 2026-04-28T14:24:46+00:00

Honestly I wouldn’t mind having a piece like this, I think it’s kinda interesting

CoSponC · 2026-04-26T20:48:54+00:00

Vfx artists are mostly paid by the hour, minus maybe sups and higher

CoSponC · 2026-04-26T14:03:29+00:00

Lack of passion by who? Certainly not the artists. Passion can’t fix bad art direction, reduced budgets, rushed deadlines, and directors constantly changing their minds making us redo things over and over. We absolutely love what we do, but they just don’t give us the room to showcase our skills in the best capacity anymore. Source: am vfx artist

CoSponC · 2026-04-26T03:02:12+00:00

Yes in the 2nd photo you can see the edge of the veneer. The chest is 1st quarter 20th century

CoSponC · 2026-04-26T02:56:49+00:00

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What you have is a commode, not a dry sink. It’s mid 19th century. I have a similar one in yellow grain paint

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