Fantastic Old Carving of Woman with Long Hair and Tiny Hands milk glass or wood spirits

or wood spirits

and over-the-top within

) broken at the neck

making our subject a rather transcendental woman for the ages

which I have not cleaned but it appears it will easily come off

Fantastic Old Carving of Woman with Long Hair and Tiny Hands milk glass or wood spiritsOne of my very favorite carvings I've had, and quite an old one, found in Maine and made of pine I believe. For me, it all hinges on those tiny tiny hands, clasped just below her waist, exactly where her long cloak of hair ends, and exactly where her skirt splits, falling in waves on either side and revealing the underskirt below and quite undermining any sense of primness. When I found her she immediately made me think of Donatello's Mary Magdalene.