^Lot 21 Signed Countryside Cottage Landscape Oil Painting

Signed oil landscape, likely mid-20th century, depicting a country lane leading past a gate toward a thatched or tile-roofed cottage nestled among trees, with gentle hills and soft sky beyond; a lone figure stands by the gate, adding scale to the scene. Signed at the lower left (indistinct). Presented in an ornate cream and gilt-tinted rococo-style frame with molded scroll and foliate corners. Overall frame dimensions approx. 18 in. wide x 14 in. high.