Large Carved Marble Veiled Woman Sculpture with Raised Arm schoenut circus stand which has a bit of

which has a bit of a sheen to it

Sculpted of black clay

Drawn in pencil along the top edge of the painting one can just make out “Kikuyu” (though not the the word that follows it)

the other 10 7/8" tall including handle of the axe

Some light rippling to the pith paper

Large Carved Marble Veiled Woman Sculpture with Raised Arm schoenut circus stand which has a bit ofI purchased this one from an antiques shop in southern Maine that has been the source of many an interesting thing, and she just called to me. I take her as an iteration of a "veiled lady" a subject that became popular in marble sculpture in the 18th century and reached a height of popularity in the form of veiled vestal virgins in the mid to late 19th c.; I had a Grand Tour example a year of two ago. There was a strong connection between these veiled