Title: Very Rare Antique Hand Carved Wooden French Santos
Shipping: $39.00
Artist: N/A
Period: 18th Century
History: N/A
Origin: N/A
Condition: Museum Quality
Item Date: 1800 to 1900
Item ID: 2741
This 18th or 19th century Head of a Santos is finely sculpted from solid light wood. This is a One Of A Kind carving. with inset glass eyes and carved hair. The intricate carving has been executed by a master. Though this Santos is missing his body, the condition of the head is perfect -- a rare find. This is a great work of art and a very charming French, colonial carving.
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_carving
Wood carving is a form of working wood by means of a cutting tool held in the hand (this may be a power tool), resulting in a wooden figure or figurine (this may be abstract in nature) or in the sculptural ornamentation of a wooden object. The phrase may also refer to the finished product, from individual sculptures, to hand-worked mouldings composing part of a tracery. Some of the finest extant examples of early wood carving are from the Middle Ages in Italy and France,[citation needed] where the typical themes of that era were Christian iconography. In England many complete examples remain from the 16th and 17th century, where oak was the preferred medium. Figural carving seems to have been widespread. The carving to represent one's god in a tangible form finds expression in numberless ways. The early carver, and, for that matter, the native of the present day, has found a difficulty in giving expression to the eye, and at times has evaded it by inlaying this feature with colored material.
This was found Amongst all the rubble within France, after world war two.
