Smiling Face Antique Painting on Silk tabletop objects with these fine features

with these fine features

and then they collapse flat to store when not needed

warm and radiant

who I purchased this one from

and holds four black lacquered coasters inside

Smiling Face Antique Painting on Silk tabletop objects with these fine featuresSuch a funny, cheery face! It was painted on silk, then very carefully wrapped around a piece of round board, pinned tight along the edges all the way around. It did have a ribbon with a little hanging loop attached to the top, but it immediately crumbled in my hands as soon as I touched it not too surprising as I'd think this is well over a hundred years old. I think of it kind of like a smiling moon, and might hang it high on the wall to watch over