Title: Small antique hand carved painted chinese carved wooden figure
Shipping: $39.00
Artist: N/A
Period: 17th Century
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Condition: Museum Quality
Item Date: 1700 to 1900
Item ID: 3213
Small chinese carved wooden figure This carved, wooden figure is primed with gesso and was painted at one time. It has a brown and red wooden base with hand carved sides and is from around the circa 17th-18th century. This little guy has a great deal of character. Capture the essence of Ancient Asia, with this incredible Asian, figure wooden sculpture. This figure should be placed in front, for all to see. Fashioned with some of the best outstanding Chinese craftsmanship found in the world today.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_wood_carving
Figure-work seems to have been universal. To carve a figure in wood may be not only more difficult but also less satisfactory than sculpting with marble, owing to the tendency of wood to crack, to be damaged by insects, or to suffer from changes in the atmosphere. The texture of the material, too, often proves challenging to the expression of features, especially in the classic type of youthful face. On the other hand, magnificent examples exist of the more rugged features of age: the beetling brows, the furrows and lines neutralizing the defects of the grain of the wood. In ancient work the surface may not have been of such consequence, for figures as a rule being painted for protection and especially color.
