Marvelous Antique Watercolor of Two Peruvian "Tapada Limeña" Veiled Women with One Eye Exposed antique betel box there is wear to the

there is wear to the red paint and the gold gilt stenciling on the front

but it totally knocked my socks off when I received it--absolutely radiant and truly stunning

Later in Charles Buck

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Marvelous Antique Watercolor of Two Peruvian "Tapada Limeña" Veiled Women with One Eye Exposed antique betel box there is wear to theThis watercolor wins the week for me, on a week when there are a number of things I am deeply in love with! So beautifully done (detail photos show how finely painted that radiant orange skirt, for example) and so mysterious feeling, with the empty, spare walled plaza giving me a de Chirico sort of mood. With a little research into the style of their veils, I've learned that these women are surely Peruvian tapada limea (meaning the covered one from