Black Veined White, Elegant 19th Century Ink and Watercolor Drawing antique box whose own calligraphy practice notebook

whose own calligraphy practice notebook is listed separately

such that it seems it may actually be a very piece of large iron or steel that has been stood up in the factory

making it more hard than soft

Exterior and all contents in very good condition

Black Veined White, Elegant 19th Century Ink and Watercolor Drawing antique box whose own calligraphy practice notebookOne more beautiful butterfly today, this purchased from the same dealer as the other butterfly watercolor I've listed, though I'm not certain if by the same maker; I do know this one came from a series of fine watercolor renderings of different species, here the "Black Veined White" butterfly as penned at lower left. Exquisitely elegan and graceful I think, with the green stems seeming as much to suggest a path of flight as to describe a momentary