Lovely Small Carved Swan with Rotating Neck Signed vintage woven vase Model 148/2740 (design 148 on

Model 148/2740 (design 148 on shape 2740)

(It does sort of look like it says "Made by

with an eggshell sort of texture and very finely incised and painted china blue lines

I especially love the gesture of the figure with unrolled scroll before him

and a bit more of the same might be helpful to make it extra secure

Lovely Small Carved Swan with Rotating Neck Signed vintage woven vase Model 148/2740 (design 148 onIt is particularly the very elongated, undulating form of this swan's head and beak that really makes it special to me, giving it a sense of kinship with my favorite root head decoys. I also like that the neck was done as a separate piece, allowing this swan to crane its neck in various directions! Signed MW on the underside, which has not lead me to its maker, but whoever it was certainly knew what they were doing. Lovely. 6 3 4" l x 4 1 4" t x 3 5