I guess i am stuck on hearts and valentines this year —

I guess i am stuck on hearts and valentines this year —

Here is another heart, flowers, leaves, decoration and lace border that can be used for printing cards, for printing on mugs, digital art, or framing (i can enlarge this for you, just ask). Purchase this pdf through my email at PDQpatterns where I post most of my artwork.

The top image is a digital image of the lower picture which is a jpg from my phone. I can edit this to many file types, just ask.

Heart charm bracelet, antique, oriental

This is the 6th charm (not in order on as on the bracelet, but just a number from the pictures taken with my phone). Clearly the male is of high ranking (the “hat”), while the female is young a pure looking (as opposed to another heart where both male and female are wearing “hats” and the female looks a little fuller-bodied, likely older, and matronly.

The hand that is raised may be an indication of a betrothal.

Old bracelet, heart 2, kite

Old bracelet, heart 2, kite, see previous post for the story behind this tiny painted “ceramic?” artwork. At least 70 years old, add to that the years before I received it from my aunt. Possibly a ceramic painting, possibly NOT silver, but maybe, repaired at some point (more than 70 years ago), possible Chinese or Japanese. Any help is appreciated, find my email at PDQpatterns(dot)com
Bracelet heart painting, kite.
antique chinese or japanese ceramic painted chain linked heart bracelet

Very old bracelet, hearts painted

This image is from a very old bracelet, hearts painted apparently as ceramic, pretty much cracked now. I have had the bracelet for about 70 years. It was given to me by an aunt who was attending UCLA, and there was a member of the Hawaiian family? as the story was told to me, that was maybe a princess.  The name given to me I cannot exactly remember, but something like Leihani.  I have looked at some data online and the time frame does not seem to fit, but i have no doubt that my aunt had some information about the origin of the bracelet, as it was linked to a Hawaiian royal family.

Here is one such “heart” from 8 hearts.  This looked Chinese to me, but a friend said that maybe it was closer to Japanese and NOT cloisonne, perhaps a painting.

Two images below are the original image (bottom) and top, vectorized, just for a different look.  I would welcome any comments, though i have comments turned off on this wordpress site, i think you will find my email somewhere else, like PDQpatterns(dot)com.

The actual heart is a little less than 3/4 of an inch from point to top

antique chinese or japanese bracelet, 8 hearts, ceramic painting, miniature portraits